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Article 392 of the French Customs Code

1. The holder of fraudulent goods is deemed to be responsible for the fraud.

2. However, public carriers shall not be considered, themselves and their servants or agents, as offenders when, by correctly and properly naming their principals, they enable the administration to take useful legal action against the true perpetrators of the fraud.

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Article 392

1. Le détenteur de marchandises de fraude est réputé responsable de la fraude.

2. Toutefois, les transporteurs publics ne sont pas considérés, eux et leurs préposés ou agents, comme contrevenants lorsque, par une désignation exacte et régulière de leurs commettants, ils mettent l’administration en mesure d’exercer utilement des poursuites contre les véritables auteurs de la fraude.

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