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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 Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Appeals in cassation.

Article 366

The rules in force in the territory concerning cassation proceedings in civil and criminal matters are applicable to customs cases.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Jurisdiction ratione materiae.

Article 356

The police courts hear customs offences and all customs matters raised by way of exception.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liens and mortgages, subrogation.

Article 381

1. Any natural or legal person who has paid, on behalf of a third party, duties, fines or taxes of any kind for which the Customs are responsible for recovery, shall be subrogated to the Customs' lien…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Customs representatives.

Article 396

1. Customs representatives are responsible for the customs operations carried out by them.2. The penalties of imprisonment laid down by this Code shall apply to them only in the event of personal misc…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special rights reserved for customs.

Article 388

1. The competent public accounting officer may allocate refunds and sums deposited by the taxpayer to the payment of a debt due and payable, the recovery of which is his responsibility, provided that…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Obligations of manufacturers and merchants

Article 303

Any manufacturer or merchant of apparatus suitable for the distillation, manufacture or ironing of eaux-de-vie or spirits is required, at least three days before the start of the manufacture or trade,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ba: Rum regime

Article 363

Infringements of the provisions of the legislative or regulatory texts relating to the rum regime are established and prosecuted as in matters of indirect taxation.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Distillation sites

Article 320

The following are considered to be cooperative associations: groupings of owners, farmers and sharecroppers united in professional syndicates or cooperative distillation associations, which deposit th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6°: Perfumery and toiletry products

Article 349

Perfumery and toiletry products with an alcohol base or presented under a name which, according to custom, applies to products containing alcohol may only be manufactured, introduced into the national…

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