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Article 65 quater of the French Customs Code

Persons who design or publish management or accounting software or cash register systems or who intervene technically in the functionalities of these products directly or indirectly affecting the keeping of records or the preservation or integrity of the original documents required for controls by the customs authorities are required to present to the customs authorities, at their request, all related codes, data, processing or documentation.

For the application of the first paragraph, the codes, data, processing and documentation must be kept until the end of the third year following the year in which the software or cash register system ceased to be distributed.

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Article 65 quater

Les personnes qui conçoivent ou éditent des logiciels de gestion ou de comptabilité ou des systèmes de caisse ou interviennent techniquement sur les fonctionnalités de ces produits affectant directement ou indirectement la tenue des écritures, la conservation ou l’intégrité des documents originaux nécessaires aux contrôles de l’administration des douanes sont tenues de présenter aux agents de cette administration, sur leur demande, tous codes, données, traitements ou documentation qui s’y rattachent.


Pour l’application du premier alinéa, les codes, données, traitements ainsi que la documentation doivent être conservés jusqu’à l’expiration de la troisième année suivant celle au cours de laquelle le logiciel ou le système de caisse a cessé d’être diffusé.

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