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Article 65 A of the French Customs Code

The customs administration is empowered to check the beneficiaries of benefits granted under the internal system by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, or by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund, as well as those liable for the sums due under the internal system to these bodies. The information gathered in this way may be passed on to the paying agencies and to the Interministerial Commission for the…

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Article 65 A bis of the French Customs Code

1° Under the derogating provisions of Article 2a, the customs administration is authorised to check the quantity, quality, markings, packaging, destination or use of goods with national or Community status, for which any benefit allocated by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, or by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund, is requested. In addition, it is authorised to issue approvals in accordance with current Community regulations, where these…

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Article 65 B of the French Customs Code

The customs administration may implement the provisions of articles 60 to 60-10, 61, 63b and 65 in order to ensure compliance with the special requirements applicable to trade in certain Community goods with the other Member States of the European Community. The list of goods referred to in the previous paragraph is laid down by order of the Minister responsible for customs.

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Article 66 of the French Customs Code

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…

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Article 66 bis of the French Customs Code

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…

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Article 67 of the French Customs Code

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).

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Article 67-1 of the French Customs 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…

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Article 67 bis of the French Customs Code

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…

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Article 67 bis-1 A of the French Customs Code

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…

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