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Article 39 of the French Customs Code

1. All foreign products, whether natural or manufactured, bearing either on themselves or on packaging, boxes, bundles, envelopes, strips or labels, etc., a product or service mark, a name, a sign or any indication whatsoever likely to lead to the belief that they have been manufactured in France or that they are of French origin, are prohibited on entry and excluded from storage, transit and movement.

2. This provision also applies to foreign products, manufactured or natural, obtained in a locality with the same name as a French locality, which do not bear, at the same time as the name of this locality, the name of the country of origin and the words “Imported”, in clearly visible characters.

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Article 39

1. Sont prohibés à l’entrée, exclus de l’entrepôt, du transit et de la circulation, tous produits étrangers, naturels ou fabriqués, portant soit sur eux-mêmes, soit sur des emballages, caisses, ballots, enveloppes, bandes ou étiquettes, etc., une marque de produits ou de services, un nom, un signe ou une indication quelconque de nature à faire croire qu’ils ont été fabriqués en France ou qu’ils sont d’origine française.

2. Cette disposition s’applique également aux produits étrangers, fabriqués ou naturels, obtenus dans une localité de même nom qu’une localité française, qui ne portent pas, en même temps que le nom de cette localité, le nom du pays d’origine et la mention “Importé”, en caractères manifestement apparents.

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