#BUDD9430003AOrder of 28 February 1994 Setting Opening and Closing Hours for Customs Offices
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This French regulation establishes the specific opening and closing times for customs offices dealing with international tourism, commercial traffic, and local border traffic. It ensures that customs offices at train stations, ports, and airports coordinate hours with transport schedules, and sets specific times for processing international transit goods. Closure for monthly accounting is specified for customs administrative purposes.
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Key Changes
- Sets specific opening and closing hours for customs offices handling different types of traffic.
- Coordinates customs office hours at transport hubs with transportation schedules.
- Establishes closing times for monthly accounting purposes.
Obligations
What this law requires
Customs offices must operate during opening and closing hours as specified in the attached table (Tableau annexe) for international tourism, commercial traffic, and local border traffic
International transit goods (TIR carnets, community transit, or common transit) must have formalities completed only during the opening hours designated for international tourism at border customs offices
TIR regime formalities must be completed only on working days, even if the customs office is open for other international tourism traffic
Customs offices controlling international train stations, ports, or airports must set their international tourism opening hours according to passenger train schedules, ship arrivals/departures, and aircraft arrivals/departures
Monthly accounting closure must occur in the afternoon of the last working day preceding the 20th of each month, with possibility to defer to the 17th or 18th due to calendar constraints