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Article 83 of the French Customs Code

1. Goods intended for export must be taken to a customs office or to a place designated by the customs service. 2. On land borders, it is forbidden for carriers to take any route intended to bypass or avoid Customs offices.

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Article 84 A of the French Customs Code

For the purposes of this Title, duties and taxes mean charges declared, collected and controlled in accordance with the same procedures and subject to the same penalties, guarantees, securities and privileges as customs duties.

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Article 84 of the French Customs Code

1. All imported or exported goods must be covered by an accounting declaration assigning them a customs procedure. 2. Exemption from duties and taxes, either on entry or on exit, does not dispense from the obligation laid down in this Article.

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Article 85 of the French Customs Code

1. The declaration must be lodged at a customs office open for the intended customs operation. 2. The declaration must be lodged at the latest before the expiry of a period set by the Director General of Customs and Excise, starting from the arrival of the goods at the office or in the places designated by the customs service. This deposit must take place during the hours set by the…

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Article 86 of the French Customs Code

The conditions under which a customs representative may provide his services pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing the Union Customs Code are laid down by the order provided for inArticle 17a of this Code.

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Article 87 of the French Customs Code

In addition to the compulsory information provided for in II ofarticle 289 of the General Tax Code, the customs representative shall mention on the invoices issued for his principals the date of payment to the customs accountant of the duties and taxes paid on importation pursuant toarticle 114 of this Code.

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Article 95 of the French Customs Code

1. Declarations must be made in writing except where, in application of Community regulations in force, an oral declaration is substituted. 1 bis. In the cases for which the list and conditions of application are laid down by orders of the Minister responsible for customs, declarations may be made electronically. These decrees shall in particular lay down the conditions for identifying declarants and the procedures for keeping documents which must…

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