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Article 49 of the French Customs Code

1. Orders issued by the Director General of Customs and Excise set the opening and closing hours of customs offices.

2. However, customs offices may not be open for less than eight hours from 1st April to 30th September and seven hours from 1st October to 31st March, except in the case of customs annexes whose opening hours may be limited to certain days or even certain hours per week.

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Article 49

1. Des arrêtés du directeur général des douanes et droits indirects fixent les heures d’ouverture et de fermeture des bureaux de douane.

2. La durée d’ouverture des bureaux de douane ne peut toutefois être inférieure à huit heures, du 1er avril au 30 septembre, et à sept heures, du 1er octobre au 31 mars, sauf en ce qui concerne les annexes de douane dont l’ouverture peut être limitée à certains jours ou même à certaines heures par semaine.

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