Article 27 of the French Customs Code
1. Imported or exported products are subject to the Tariff Law in the state in which they are located at the time it becomes applicable to them. 2. However, the customs service may authorise the separation of goods which, in the same consignment, have deteriorated as a result of events occurring before the registration of the accounting declaration; the damaged goods must either be destroyed immediately, re-exported or re-dispatched within…