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Article 209 of the French Customs Code

Orders issued by the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Agriculture may:

a) designate the parts of the area defined in the preceding article where the formality of an open account will not be required ;

b) extend to 5 kilometres the distance of 2 kilometres provided for in paragraph 1 of the preceding article in order to facilitate the suppression of fraud.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article 209

Des arrêtés du ministre de l’économie et des finances et du ministre de l’agriculture peuvent :

a) désigner les parties de la zone définie à l’article précédent où la formalité du compte ouvert ne sera pas exigée ;

b) porter jusqu’à 5 kilomètres la distance de 2 kilomètres prévue au paragraphe 1er de l’article précédent en vue de faciliter la répression de la fraude.

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