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French Customs CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: General provisions

Article 322

Official reports, summonses, notifications, orders and other documents drawn up in connection with the implementation of the powers of investigation, recording and prosecution provided for in this Cod…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Statement of facts.

Article 334

1. The results of checks carried out under the conditions set out in Article 65 above and, in general, those of investigations and questioning carried out by customs officers are recorded in the offic…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Recovery.

Article 347

Within two months of receiving the response from the Regional Director of Customs or, in the absence of a response, on expiry of the six-month period provided for in the previous article, the taxpayer…

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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

1. Infringements of customs laws and regulations may be established by an official of the customs or of any other administration.2. Those who establish a customs offence have the right to seize all ob…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: General and compulsory formalities on pain of nullity of seizure reports.

Article 325

The reports shall state the date and cause of the seizure; the statement made to the accused; the name, capacity and address of the persons seizing the goods and of the person in charge of the proceed…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Modulation of sentences according to the scale and seriousness of the offence and the personality of the offender, special provisions, repeat offending

Article 370

1. If a person who contravenes the provisions of articles 410, 411, 412, 414 and 414-2 of this Code commits, within five years of a settlement or conviction that has become final, a new offence fallin…

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

Article 386

If the effects and papers of accountants are sealed, the revenue and other registers for the current year must not be sealed. The said registers are simply stopped and initialled by the judge, who han…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Right of retention.

Article 378

In all cases where a blatant customs offence is detected, the means of transport and the contested goods that are not liable to confiscation may, as security for the penalties incurred, be withheld un…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Distribution of the proceeds of fines and confiscations.

Article 391

1. The Treasury's share of the proceeds of fines and confiscations resulting from cases prosecuted at the request of the Customs Administration is 40% of the net proceeds of seizures. 2. The condition…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Jurisdiction ratione materiae.

Article 357

1. The criminal courts shall hear all customs offences and all customs matters raised by way of exception. (2) They shall likewise hear customs offences that are related, ancillary or connected to a c…

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