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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of full adoption

Article 357

…within the limit of the first surname for each of them, joined in alphabetical order.Where article 311-21, the second paragraph of article 311-23, article 342-12 or this article has been applied in r…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Recovery.

Article 349

Any challenge to the decisions of the accounting officer of customs relating to the guarantees required of the person liable for payment may be brought, within fifteen days of notification of the repl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Minority rights

Article 388

A minor is an individual of either sex who has not yet reached the age of eighteen years.Bone X-ray examinations for the purpose of determining age, in the absence of valid identity documents and wher…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Voluntary appearance and summons

Article 391

Any person who has lodged a complaint is notified by the public prosecutor of the date of the hearing.When the victim does not understand the French language, he or she is entitled, at his or her requ…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354 ter

Even if the periods provided for in articles 354 and 354a have elapsed, omissions or deficiencies in taxation constituting offences whose purpose or result is the non-recovery of duties or taxes, reve…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Limitation period against debtors.

Article 352 bis

Where a person has unduly paid national duties and taxes recovered in accordance with the procedures of this Code, he may obtain reimbursement, unless the duties and taxes have been passed on to the p…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354 bis

The right of recovery provided for in Article 103(1) of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing the Customs Code of the Union, applicab…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Limitation period against debtors.

Article 352 quater

An action for damages based on the non-conformity of the rule of law that has been applied with a higher rule of law or a claim for damages resulting from a fault committed in the determination of the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Limitation period against debtors.

Article 352 ter

…Excise is based has been revealed by a court decision, the action for refund referred to in Article 352 may only relate, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 352a, to the period after 1 Janu…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354 quater

For the application of articles 354 to 354 ter, customs officers shall use the powers provided for in this Code, even if the limitation period provided for in article 351 has expired.

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