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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Temporary duty-free import and export of articles for the personal use of travellers.

Article 196 ter

1. Travellers who are going to stay temporarily outside the customs territory may temporarily export free of exit duties and taxes the articles they take with them which are exclusively for their pers…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special rules applicable throughout the customs territory to certain categories of goods.

Article 215 ter

…first request of the customs officers, produce either documents certifying that these goods may leave the customs territory in accordance with the provisions prohibiting export, or any document provi…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 8: Temporary detention of persons

Article 67 ter

In the course of controls falling within their remit, customs officers, once they have consulted the processing of personal data relating to individuals, objects or vehicles for which an alert has bee…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Stores and customs clearance areas.

Article 82 ter

…eof. 2. This admission has the effect of placing the goods under the responsibility of the operator vis-à-vis the customs administration.

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Section 2: Recovery.

Article 345 ter

Public accountants may serve the debtor with a formal notice to pay for the recovery of debts for which they are responsible, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 257 of the Book of Tax Pro…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285 ter

…s.The rates of this tax may be adjusted according to the mode of transport used and the distance travelled. They are set by each regional council or by the General Council of Mayotte, up to a maximum…

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Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 265 ter

…ration, sale or offering for sale for carburation of products whose use and sale for this purpose have not been specially authorised by orders of the Minister for the Budget and the Minister for Indus…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354 ter

Even if the periods provided for in articles 354 and 354a have elapsed, omissions or deficiencies in taxation constituting offences whose purpose or result is the non-recovery of duties or taxes, reve…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2a: International assistance with recovery

Article 349 ter

…assistance from Member States of the European Union and is obliged to assist them in matters of recovery, notification of acts or decisions, including judicial decisions, the taking of precautionary m…

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French Customs CodeIn force
E. - Fifth class.

Article 413 ter

A fine of 1,500 euros shall be imposed for obstructing access to, or the reading or seizure of, computerised records or documents, as referred to in b and c of 2 of Article 64, in cases other than tho…

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