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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Inclusion on the list of top-level athletes

Article R221-8

The period of registration on the list of elite sportsmen and women in one of the categories provided for in articles R. 221-4, R. 221-5 and R. 221-6 may be extended for a period of one year, followin…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-8

…tive authority. The examination of goods and the taking of samples carried out pursuant to Article 189 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 la…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Stores and customs clearance areas.

Article 82 quater

1. The maximum length of time that goods may remain in storage or on customs clearance premises is set by order of the Director General of Customs and Excise. 2. When, at the latest on expiry of the p…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Stores and customs clearance areas.

Article 82 sexies

The Director General of Customs and Excise shall lay down the conditions for the application of this chapter by order.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Stores and customs clearance areas.

Article 82 bis

…rovisions to the contrary, goods brought before customs under the conditions laid down in Articles 68 to 82 above may be constituted into warehouses or customs clearance areas in accordance with the p…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: General provisions

Article 84 A

For the purposes of this Title, duties and taxes mean charges declared, collected and controlled in accordance with the same procedures and subject to the same penalties, guarantees, securities and pr…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Stores and customs clearance areas.

Article 82 ter

1. The admission of goods to warehouses or customs clearance areas is subject to the submission by the operator of a summary declaration or document in lieu thereof. 2. This admission has the effect o…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Stores and customs clearance areas.

Article 82 quinquies

The operator's obligations and responsibilities are set out in an undertaking. This commitment is guaranteed.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-8

The customs detention report is drawn up in accordance with Article 64 I of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The information provided for in the first paragraph of II of the same article 64 shall also…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-85

The Banque de France shall inform the institutions and persons on which cheques may be drawn, finance companies, the organisations mentioned in Article L. 511-6, electronic money institutions, payment…

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