French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Transport by sea.
Article 70
Except in duly justified cases of force majeure, ships may only dock in ports where there is a customs office.
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Except in duly justified cases of force majeure, ships may only dock in ports where there is a customs office.
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The parties and their defenders, even if they are foreigners, may, with the judge's permission, ask questions; these must be formulated or translated into French; the same applies to the answers given…
The assigned judge is required to inform the assigning court, at its request, of the place, day and time at which the execution of the letter rogatory will take place; the foreign assigning judge may…
The court is seised, at the request of either party, by delivering a copy of the summons to the registry. Provided that the date of the hearing is notified more than fifteen days in advance, the summo…
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The appeal shall be lodged by delivering or sending to the registry of the court of appeal a note setting out the grounds for the appeal.On pain of inadmissibility of the appeal, a copy of this note s…
A person who intends to contest the audit may always submit an application for a tax order himself; he may also do so through his representative. The application is made orally or in writing to the re…
The decision by which the judge refuses to execute a letter rogatory, cancels the acts recording its execution, reports the measures he has taken or refuses to report them must state the reasons.The p…
…President or his delegate shall hear them in the presence of both parties. He shall, if necessary, carry out or have carried out any useful investigations.
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