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Article 61 bis of the French Customs Code

Pending the prohibition or authorisation decision referred to in Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items, customs officers shall immobilise, under conditions laid down by decree in the Council of State, non-Community civilian and military dual-use items bound for a country that is not a member of the…

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Article 62 of the French Customs Code

I.-For the purposes of applying this Code, Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the EU and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005, Chapter II of Title V of Book I of the Monetary and Financial Code and Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing the…

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Article 63 of the French Customs Code

I. – For the purposes of this Code, Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005, Chapter II of Title V of Book I of the Monetary and Financial Code and Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing…

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Article 63 bis of the French Customs Code

Customs officers may at any time visit artificial islands, installations and structures on the continental shelf and in the exclusive economic zone. They may also visit means of transport involved in their exploration or the exploitation of their natural resources, within the security zones provided for by law and within the maritime zone of the customs radius.

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Article 63 ter of the French Customs Code

In order to carry out the investigations necessary for the detection and investigation of the offences provided for in this Code, category A or B customs officers and category C officers, provided that they are accompanied by one of the aforementioned officers, shall have access to premises and places used for business purposes, as well as to land and warehouses where goods and documents relating to these offences are likely…

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Article 64 of the French Customs Code

1. In order to investigate and establish the customs offences referred to in articles 414 to 429 and 459, customs officers authorised for this purpose by the Minister responsible for customs may carry out visits to any place, including private places, where goods and documents relating to these offences as well as goods and assets directly or indirectly derived from them are likely to be held or to be accessible…

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Article 64 A of the French Customs Code

1. Under no circumstances may State administrations, départements and communes, as well as companies granted concessions by the State, départements and communes, or any establishments or bodies whatsoever subject to the control of the administrative authority, as well as social security bodies and funds and bodies managing the unemployment insurance scheme, invoke professional secrecy against customs officers with at least the rank of controller who, in order to assess taxes…

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Article 65 of the French Customs Code

1° Customs officers with at least the rank of controller may demand to see papers and documents of any kind relating to operations of interest to their department, whatever their medium; a) in railway stations (consignment notes, invoices, loading sheets, books, registers, etc.) ; b) on the premises of shipping and river companies and shipowners, consignees and shipbrokers (freight manifests, bills of lading, ship’s tickets, shipping notices, delivery orders, etc.);…

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Article 65 bis of the French Customs Code

The right of disclosure provided for in articles 64 A and 65 is extended to customs officials responsible for the recovery of all sums collected in accordance with the procedures laid down by this Code and under the conditions mentioned in these same articles.

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