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Section 5: Foreign trade controls and prohibitions

Article 21 of the French Customs Code

In the event of mobilisation, in the event of clear aggression requiring the country to provide for its own defence, in periods of external tension when circumstances so require, the Government may regulate or suspend the import and export of certain goods, by decrees issued by the Council of Ministers. These decrees are made on the proposal of the Minister responsible for the economic organisation of the nation in wartime.

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Article 22 of the French Customs Code

1. Decrees may temporarily and in cases of emergency permit or suspend the export of products of the soil and of national industry. 2. These acts must be presented, in the form of bills, to the National Assembly before the end of its session if it is in session, or at the next session if it is not.

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Article 23 of the French Customs Code

By way of derogation from articles 21 and 22 above, export bans may, until a date to be set by decree, be established by orders of the Minister for the Economy and Finance, after consultation with the Minister responsible for the resource.

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Article 23 bis of the French Customs Code

Subject to the application of international agreements, the import of foodstuffs, materials and products of all kinds and origins which do not comply with the legislative or regulatory obligations imposed on similar national foodstuffs, materials or products in terms of marketing or sale, may be prohibited or regulated by joint orders issued by the Minister for the Economy and Finance, the Minister responsible for resources and the Minister for Agriculture…

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