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Showing 14111420 of 58062 articles for Art. CE 1-4-2015 n° 369586

French Customs CodeIn force
C. - Third class.

Article 412

The following offences are punishable by confiscation of the contested goods and a fine of between €300 and €3700 where they are not specifically punishable under article 414-2 : 1° any act of smuggli…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Undeclared imports and exports.

Article 423

The following constitute undeclared imports or exports 1° Imports or exports by customs offices without an accounting declaration or under cover of an accounting declaration not applicable to the good…

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French Customs CodeIn force
C. - Third class

Article 416

…mpromised or of the value of the object of the fraud, whichever amount is higher, for obstructing access to records or documents on a computer medium, or for reading or seizing them, as referred to in…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of the customs service.

Article 44

…asured from the baselines of the territorial sea defined in Article 2 of Order No. 2016-1687 of 8 December 2016.3. The land area is comprised: (a) Between the coastline and a line drawn forty kilometr…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Second class.

Article 411

…duty or tax and where it is not specifically punishable under this Code.2. The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply in particular to the following offences when they relate to goods in the cate…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - First class.

Article 410

…ros, where such irregularity is not more severely punished by this Code.2. The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply in particular toa) any omission or inaccuracy relating to any of the pa…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Second class.

Article 415

…import, transfer or set-off, carry out or attempt to carry out a financial transaction between France and a foreign country involving funds that they knew to be derived, directly or indirectly, from…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - First class.

Article 414

…of the object of fraud, confiscation of the means of transport, confiscation of objects used to conceal the fraud, confiscation of property used to commit the offence or intended to be used to commit…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specialisation in "sports development

Article A212-49

…r youth, popular education and sport confers on its holder the following skills, as attested by the certification reference framework:-designing an action project ;coordinate the implementation of an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members

Article R5211-4

The methods for calculating the maximum allowances received for the actual performance of the duties of president and vice-president of one of the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation…

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