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

Article 60 bis

Where there are serious indications that a person is carrying narcotics concealed in his or her body, customs officers may subject the person to medical screening tests after first obtaining the perso…

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

Article 60-5

With the exception of those carried out in the places mentioned in 2° and 3° of article 60-1, excluding the surroundings of these places, visiting rights may only be implemented in the same place for…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter V: The adversarial procedure prior to decision-making

Article 67 C

…r is informed that he may request to benefit from the written communication provided for in Article 67 D. The date, time and content of the oral communication referred to in the first paragraph of thi…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 9: Control of securities

Article 67 quater

…airports constituting border crossing points within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules gov…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter V: The adversarial procedure prior to decision-making

Article 67 B

The taxpayer is informed of the reasons for and the amount of the tax due by any official of the customs and excise administration. They are invited to make their observations known.He is also informe…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter V: The adversarial procedure prior to decision-making

Article 67 D

If the taxpayer asks to be notified in writing, the tax authorities will hand-deliver a signed copy or send the taxpayer by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by electronic means, in…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Consultation of automated data processing for the purposes of customs controls

Article 67 quinquies

In order to investigate and establish offences under this Code relating to tobacco, customs officials in categories A and B have access to information contained in the processing operations provided f…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Securing controls and investigations

Article 67 F

…tion may only be heard on these facts after notification of the information provided for in article 61-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.If, during the hearing of a person, plausible grounds for sus…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Securing controls and investigations

Article 67 E

…s and investigations provided for in this Code, with the exception of those provided for in Article 64, documents, records or information used by customs officers and duly brought to their attention u…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 11: Protest

Article L131-64

Notaries and bailiffs are required, on pain of dismissal, costs and damages to the parties, to leave an exact copy of the protests. Subject to the same penalties, they are also required to hand over t…

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