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

Article 326

1. Seized means of transport shall be released on a solvent bond or on deposit of the value. However, such release shall be offered, without security or deposit, to the owner in good faith who is not…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Seizures relating to forgery and alteration of consignments.

Article 329

1. If the reason for the seizure is forgery or alteration of consignments, the report shall state the type of forgery, alteration or overprint. 2. The said copies, signed and initialled ne varietur by…

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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 324

1. (a) As far as circumstances permit, seized goods and means of transport shall be taken to and deposited at the Customs office or post nearest to the place of seizure. Where there are several Custom…

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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 General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Distillers

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
V: Travelling distillers

Article 327

Any still used by an itinerant hirer may not be put into circulation or parked on the public highway, in an unenclosed courtyard or on an unenclosed site not belonging to the owner of the apparatus, w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Distillers

Article 326

Decrees in the Conseil d'Etat will determine the application of the provisions relating to distillers (1). (1) Annex I, art. 37 to 42, 44 to 56 and Livre des procédures fiscales, art. R. 30-1.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Travelling distillers

Article 328

The circulation permit is valid for a maximum of one month and for the communes included in the district of the post from which it originates. In the event of a move to another district, it may be exc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: State services transferred and made available to the Corsican regional authority

Article R4422-32

…22-31 are borne by the Corsican local authority under the conditions provided for in Title I of law n° 85-1098 of 11 October 1985 relating to the assumption of responsibility by the State, the departm…

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