Article 65 C of the French Customs Code
November 8, 2023
The provisions of Articles 1, 2 and 3, of this Title and of Titles XII and XV of this Code shall apply to the products referred to in Articles 4 and 5 of Article 38.
The provisions of Articles 1, 2 and 3, of this Title and of Titles XII and XV of this Code shall apply to the products referred to in Articles 4 and 5 of Article 38.
1. For the purposes of investigating and establishing the offences provided for in this Code, customs officers shall have access to the premises of postal service providers and express freight companies, as defined in Article 67e, where consignments containing or appearing to contain goods and sums, securities or valuables relating to these offences may be held. This access does not apply to the part of the premises that is for…
1. Any natural or legal person who, in the course of continuous and regular commercial traffic, sends postal parcels or items by post from abroad to recipients in the customs territory, including the free zones of Gex and Haute-Savoie, is required to have a representative domiciled in France accredited by the customs and excise administration to carry out the customs clearance formalities relating to these imports. 2. Orders issued by…
Customs officers shall carry out border checks under the conditions laid down in Chapter II of Title II and Chapter II of Title III of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code).
Customs officers are authorised to record the identity of persons in order to draw up the reports provided for in this code. If the person refuses or is unable to prove his identity, the customs officers appointed as station managers or the officials designated by them holding the rank of controller or higher may report the matter to any judicial police officer from the national police force or the national…
I.-Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of articles 60 to 60-10, 61, 62, 63, 63 bis, 63 ter and 64, in order to establish customs offences, if the penalty incurred is equal to or greater than two years’ imprisonment, customs officers authorised by the Minister responsible for customs under conditions set by decree may carry out surveillance throughout national territory, after informing the public prosecutor and unless this…
In order to establish the offences referred to in articles 414, 414-2, 415 and 459 and, where these are committed by electronic means of communication, to gather evidence and track down the perpetrators, accomplices and those who participated as interested parties within the meaning of article 399, customs officers authorised by the minister responsible for customs under conditions laid down by decree may, after informing the public prosecutor and unless…
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 67a, and for the sole purpose of establishing the offences mentioned in Articles 414, 414-2 and 459, identifying the perpetrators and accomplices as well as those who have participated as interested parties within the meaning of Article 399 and carrying out the seizures provided for in this Code, customs officers authorised by the Minister responsible for customs under the conditions laid down by…
If the needs of a customs investigation relating to the detection and investigation of a customs offence punishable by a prison sentence of three years or more so require, any technical means designed to locate a person, a vehicle or any other object in real time throughout national territory, without the person’s knowledge and without the consent of its owner or possessor, may be installed or prescribed by customs officers…
Where there are one or more plausible grounds for suspecting persons of having committed a customs offence punishable by two years’ imprisonment or more, or of having participated as accomplices or interested parties in fraud within the meaning of Article 399, in the context of a surveillance operation, and where the needs of the investigation so require, customs officers authorised by the Minister responsible for customs under conditions set by…
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