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Chapter IV: Conditions of application of the Tariff Act

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…

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Article 27 bis of the French Customs Code

Reimbursement of import duties may be granted where it is established that, at the time of importation, the goods were defective or did not comply with the terms of the contract under which they were imported. Tax refunds are subject to : – either re-exportation of the goods to or on behalf of the foreign supplier ; – or their destruction under the supervision of the customs department, with payment…

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Article 28 of the French Customs Code

The type of goods is the designation assigned to them by the Common Customs Tariff. Decrees issued by the Minister for the Economy and Finance may prescribe the use of the coding elements of the nomenclature for customs clearance of products to declare the type of goods. This nomenclature is published by order of the Minister for the Economy and Finance.

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Article 34 of the French Customs Code

1. On importation, customs duties are levied according to the origin of the goods, except where special provisions for the granting of preferential tariffs are laid down by international commitments in force. 2. Natural products originate in the country where they were extracted from the soil or harvested. Products manufactured in a single country, without the addition of materials from another country, originate in the country where they were manufactured….

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Article 35 bis of the French Customs Code

Where the declared value is lower than the customs value without the declaration of the elements of the value being vitiated by inaccuracy or omission as regards the points of fact and in the absence of fault on the part of the declarant or his principal, the latter shall only be liable for payment of the duties and taxes compromised or evaded.

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Article 36 of the French Customs Code

On export, the value to be declared is that of the goods at the point of exit, plus, where applicable, the cost of transport to the border, but excluding the amount of : a) Exit duties ; b) Internal taxes and similar charges for which the exporter has been given a discharge.

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Article 37 of the French Customs Code

Orders issued by the Minister for the Economy and Finance lay down the conditions under which goods taxed by weight must be checked and the arrangements for full imported packaging. The taxable weight of goods taxed by net weight may be determined by applying a flat-rate tare.

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