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non revêtus de bandelettes fiscales

English translation: without (or with broken) excise seals

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French term or phrase:	non revêtus de bandelettes fiscales
English translation:	without (or with broken) excise seals
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17:15 Nov 8, 2009

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French term or phrase: non revêtus de bandelettes fiscales

What is the meaning of this phrase in the following sentence? It is taken from a Belgian criminal record transcript listing the offences of a particular person. This one concerns transporting from abroad an amount of cigarettes over the permitted limit.

"Avoir transporté dans ses bagages, 1000 paquets de 20 cigarettes, non revêtus de bandelettes fiscales."

Is a 'bandelette fiscale' some form of customs declaration?

callumwalker KudoZ activity Questions: 28 (4 open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 1 United Kingdom
Local time: 07:18

without (or with broken) excise seals

Explanation:
It refers to the exise seals you find on cigarrette packs and bottles of your favourite tipple, intended to prevent the avoidance of duty.

When the Ontario Provincial Police stopped a van on the Trans ever, after they discovered that the 9600 packs of cigarettes in the vehicle had the province's excise seal they waved the van on its way. ...
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mediamatrix
Chile
Local time: 04:18

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4 +1	without (or with broken) excise seals	mediamatrix
4	Without excise stamps	Joelle G
3	not supplied with tax stamps	liz askew

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without (or with broken) excise seals

mediamatrix
Chile
Local time: 04:18
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English
PRO pts in category: 19

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not supplied with tax stamps

Explanation:
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bandelettes fiscales = tax stamps

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Cigarette tax stamp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cigarette Tax - Virginia Department of Taxation
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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:18
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

Without excise stamps

Explanation:
An excise stamp is type of revenue stamp affixed to some exciseable goods to indicate that the required excise has been paid by the manufacturer.

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