French Customs Code

1. Any infringement of the provisions of the laws and regulations that the customs administration is responsible for enforcing shall be punishable by a fine of between 300 euros and 3,000 euros, where such irregularity is not more severely punished by this Code. 2. The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply in particular to a) any omission or inaccuracy relating to any of the particulars which declarations must contain…

The following are punishable by three years’ imprisonment, confiscation of the object of fraud, confiscation of the means of transport, confiscation of objects used to conceal the fraud, confiscation of property used to commit the offence or intended to be used to commit the offence and of which the offender is the owner or, subject to the rights of the owner in good faith, of which he has free disposal,…

The penalties provided for in the first paragraph of Article 414 shall apply : 1° Exporting native gold from French Guiana either without an itemised declaration or under cover of an itemised declaration not applicable to the goods presented, or by concealing the goods from inspection by the customs service; 2° Holding or transporting native gold within the customs radius of French Guyana without presenting either a transport document, or…

Any act of smuggling or undeclared import or export shall be punishable by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of between one and two times the value of the object of fraud, when committed intentionally and when it relates to goods not mentioned in Article 414. The penalties provided for in the first paragraph of this article shall apply to any intentional false declaration, use of a false, inaccurate or…