Article 438
A witness who fails to appear or refuses either to take the oath or to give evidence may, on the application of the public prosecutor, be fined €3,750 by the court..
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A witness who fails to appear or refuses either to take the oath or to give evidence may, on the application of the public prosecutor, be fined €3,750 by the court..
1. The customs service shall act throughout the customs territory under the conditions laid down in this Code. 2. A special surveillance zone is organised along the land and sea borders. It constitute…
1. Any act falling within the scope of the separate punitive provisions enacted by this Code must be considered in the highest criminal sense to which it is susceptible. 2. Where there is more than on…
1. In the case of the offences referred to in articles 424-2°and 427-1°, confiscation may only be ordered in respect of the objects of fraud. However, the goods concealing the fraud and the means of t…
In addition to the other penalties provided for in this Code, the following shall be confiscated 1° goods that have been or had to be substituted in the cases provided for in articles 411-2 a, 417-2 c…
Where the court is convinced that offers, proposals to buy or sell, or agreements of any kind relating to the objects of fraud have been made or entered into at a price higher than the domestic market…
Where it has not been possible to seize the items liable to confiscation or where, having been seized, the customs authorities so request, the court shall, in lieu of confiscation, order the payment o…
When it is not possible to determine the amount of duties and taxes actually due or the actual value of the disputed goods, in particular in cases of infringement of articles 411-2 a, 417-2 c, 421-3°,…
In addition to the fine incurred for refusal to disclose under the conditions set out in articles 65 and 65d, offenders must be ordered to produce the books, documents or records that have not been di…
1. Any person found by a court of law to have abused a suspensive procedure may, by decision of the Director General of Customs and Excise, be excluded from the temporary admission procedure and be de…
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