Legislation

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Currencies

It doesn’t exist legislation in France concerning the amount of money that you might carry for travelling.

However, whether you are a french resident or not, you must declare any monies, securities or cash amounting to or greater than €10,000 to French customs, when entering or leaving the European Union, from 15 June 2007.

Counterfeits

Importing, exporting or holding counterfeit object, even for a personal use, is prohibited by the French legislation (confiscation of the goods, fines customs, legal proceedings).

Specific procedures

Certain goods are subject to specific regulations on entering or leaving the European Union, in particular :

• weapons and ammunition,
• cultural goods,
• fauna and flora species,
• protected wild flora and derived products,
• live animals and animal products,
• plants,
• medicine and medicinal products (except for personal use),
• wine, alcoholic beverages, tobacco and other controlled products.