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Article 59 terdecies of the French Customs Code

For the purposes of carrying out their duties, specialised assistants seconded or made available by the Customs and Excise Administration pursuant to article 706 of the Code of Criminal Procedure have the right to direct access to information contained in files kept in application of European and national regulations relating to obligations to declare capital transfers as well as data relating to annual francisation and navigation fees.

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Article 59 quaterdecies of the French Customs Code

Customs officials, officials placed under the authority of the Minister for Agriculture, officials of the National Establishment for Agricultural and Sea Products and officials of the Office for the Development of the Overseas Agricultural Economy are authorised, for the purposes of their duties in controlling agricultural products, to communicate to each other, spontaneously or on request, all information and documents held or collected in the course of their respective duties.

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Article 59 quindecies of the French Customs Code

The agents of the Ministry responsible for the environment appointed to implement the national strategy to combat imported deforestation, provided for in article L. 110-6 of the Environment Code, and the agents of the Directorate General of Customs and Indirect Taxation may provide each other, spontaneously or on request, with any information, data and documents that are useful for improving the transparency and traceability of agricultural raw material supply chains.

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Article 59 sexdecies of the French Customs Code

The officials responsible for the inspections referred to in II of Article 32 of Law No. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 containing various provisions for adapting to European Union law in the fields of transport, the environment, the economy and finance and customs officials may provide each other, either spontaneously or on request, for the purposes of their inspection duties, with all information and documents held or collected in the…

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Article 59 septdecies  of the French Customs Code

Customs and excise officials and the other persons mentioned in Article L. 5112-1-22 of the Transport Code may disclose to each other, either spontaneously or on request, all documents and information held or collected and required for : 1° To investigate and establish infringements of the provisions of Chapter II of Title I of Book I of Part Five of the Transport Code and the regulatory provisions adopted for their…

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Article 59 octodecies of the French Customs Code

Customs officers and officers placed under the authority of the Minister for Industry or the Minister for Defence and tasked with implementing the Paris Convention of 13 January 1993 on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, as well as the staff of entities acting on their behalf or assisting them, may disclose to each other, spontaneously or on request, any…

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Article 59 novodecies of the French Customs Code

Customs officers and officers of the national police and the national gendarmerie responsible for border policing missions may communicate to each other, on request or spontaneously, all information and documents held or collected in the course of their respective missions relating to border crossings, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules…

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Article 60 of the French Customs Code

Customs officers may inspect goods, means of transport and persons under the conditions set out in this article and in articles 60-1 to 60-10. The same articles 60-1 to 60-10 apply to the implementation of : 1° This Code and for the purposes of fraud detection ; 2° Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing the European Union Customs Code…

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Article 60-1 of the French Customs Code

Customs officers may, at any time, inspect goods, means of transport and persons in or moving around the following areas and places: 1° The land area within the customs radius defined in article 44 ; 2° Customs offices designated pursuant to article 47 ; 3° Ports, airports and rail or road stations open to international traffic, as designated by order of the Minister responsible for customs, as well as the…

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Article 60-2 of the French Customs Code

Where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting the commission or attempted commission of an offence referred to in Section 1 of Chapter VI of Title XII and Chapter IV of Title XIV of this Code and Chapter II of Title V of Book I of the Monetary and Financial Code, customs officers may also carry out, at any time, inspect goods, means of transport and persons present or moving on…

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