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Article 575 I of the French General Tax Code

1. Is deemed to hold manufactured tobacco for commercial purposes within the meaning of 4° of 1 of I of Article 302 D any person who transports in an individual means of transport assigned to the transport of persons more than :

1° Two hundred cigarettes;

2° One hundred cigarillos, i.e. cigars weighing no more than three grams each;

3° Fifty cigars, other than cigarillos;

4° Two hundred and fifty grams of smoking tobacco.

These provisions also apply to any person transporting these quantities on board a means of public transport.

2. 1 applies to any person who brings manufactured tobacco into France from another Member State of the European Union.

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Article 575 I

1. Est réputée détenir des tabacs manufacturés à des fins commerciales au sens du 4° du 1 du I de l’article 302 D toute personne qui transporte dans un moyen de transport individuel affecté au transport de personnes plus de :

1° Deux cents cigarettes ;

2° Cent cigarillos, c’est-à-dire de cigares d’un poids maximal de trois grammes par pièce ;

3° Cinquante cigares, autres que les cigarillos ;

4° Deux cent cinquante grammes de tabac à fumer.

Ces dispositions s’appliquent également à toute personne qui transporte ces quantités à bord d’un moyen de transport collectif.

2. Le 1 s’applique à toute personne qui introduit en France des tabacs manufacturés en provenance d’un autre Etat membre de l’Union européenne.

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