List of border crossing points in France
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 Map of permanent border crossing points in France |
The following is a list of border crossing points in France (French: points de passages frontaliers, or "PPF") forming the external border of the Schengen Area. By contrast, the term points de passages autorisés ("PPA") refers to the crossing points at the border between France and other Schengen countries (i.e. internal borders of the Schengen Area).
At the main border crossing points that receive traffic from outside the Schengen Area, the Police aux Frontières carries out immigration checks, whilst Customs are responsible for customs checks. At smaller regional border crossing points that receive limited traffic from outside the Schengen Area, Customs are responsible for carrying out both immigration and customs checks.[1][2]
PARAFE self-service gates have been installed at a number of border crossing points to facilitate passage for eligible travellers (European Economic Area, Andorran, Monegasque, San Marinese and Swiss biometric passport holders aged 18 or over).
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Air borders
[edit]| Border crossing point | French agency responsible for checks | Nature of presence | Flights to/from outside the Schengen Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immigration | Customs | |||
| Abbeville – Buigny-Saint-Maclou Aerodrome | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Agen – La Garenne Aerodrome | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport | Police aux frontières | Customs | Permanent | Seasonal scheduled flights (London Gatwick) |
| Albert – Picardie Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Amiens – Glisy Aerodrome | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Angers – Loire Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Seasonal scheduled flights (London City) |
| Angoulême – Brie – Champniers Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Annecy – Haute-Savoie – Mont Blanc Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Annemasse Aerodrome | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Auxerre – Branches Aerodrome | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Avignon – Caumont Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Seasonal scheduled flights (Birmingham, Exeter, London City, Southampton) |
| Bastia – Poretta Airport | Police aux frontières | Customs | On request outside peak season | Seasonal scheduled flights (London Gatwick, London Heathrow, Manchester) |
| Beauvais–Tillé Airport | Police aux frontières | Customs | On request outside peak season | Regular scheduled flights (Bacău, Bucharest-Henri Coandă, Chişinău, Cluj-Napoca, Dublin, Edinburgh, Fez, Glasgow-Prestwick, Knock, Manchester, Marrakech, Nador, Pula, Sofia, Tangier, Târgu Mureş, Timişoara) |
| Bergerac Dordogne Périgord Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Regular scheduled flights (Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London Gatwick, London Stansted, Southampton) |
| Besançon – La Vèze Aerodrome | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Béziers Cap d'Agde Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Seasonal scheduled flights (Bristol, London Luton, Manchester, Southampton) |
| Biarritz – Anglet – Bayonne Airport | Police aux frontières | Customs | On request | Seasonal scheduled flights (Dublin, London Gatwick, London Stansted, Manchester) |
| Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport | Police aux frontières | Customs | Permanent | Regular scheduled flights (Agadir, Algiers, Casablanca, London Gatwick, London Luton, Marrakech, Tunis), seasonal scheduled flights (Bristol, Cork, Dublin, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Montréal-Trudeau, Oran, Southampton) |
| Brest Bretagne Airport | Customs | Customs | On request outside peak season | Regular scheduled flights (London City, Marrakech) |
| Brive–Souillac Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Seasonal scheduled flights (London City) |
| Caen – Carpiquet Airport | Police aux frontières | Customs | Permanent | Regular scheduled flights (London Southend) |
| Calais–Dunkerque Airport | Customs | Customs | On request outside peak season | Infrequent charter flights |
| Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport | Police aux frontières | Customs | On request outside peak season | Seasonal charter flights (London Stansted) |
| Cannes – Mandelieu Airport | Customs | Customs | On request outside peak season | Infrequent charter flights |
| Carcassonne Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Regular scheduled flights (Dublin, Liverpool, London Stansted) and seasonal scheduled flights (Bournemouth, Cork, East Midlands, Glasgow-Prestwick) |
| Chalon – Champforgeuil Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Chambéry Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Seasonal scheduled flights (Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, London City, London Gatwick, London Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle, Southampton) and seasonal charter flights (Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow, Moscow-Domodedovo) |
| Châteauroux-Centre "Marcel Dassault" Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Cherbourg – Maupertus Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport | Police aux frontières | Customs | On request outside peak season | Seasonal scheduled flights (Southampton) |
| Colmar Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Deauville – Saint-Gatien Airport | Customs | Customs | On request outside peak season | Seasonal scheduled flights (London City) and charter flights (Agadir, Marrakech) |
| Dijon - Bourgogne Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Seasonal scheduled flights (Southampton) |
| Dinard–Pleurtuit–Saint-Malo Airport | Customs | Customs | On request outside peak season | Regular scheduled flights (East Midlands, Guernsey, London Stansted) and seasonal charter flights (Leeds/Bradford) |
| Épinal – Mirecourt Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Figari–Sud Corse Airport | Police aux frontières | Customs | On request outside peak season | Seasonal scheduled flights (London Gatwick, Manchester) |
| Grenoble-Isère Airport | Customs | Customs | On request outside peak season | Seasonal scheduled flights (Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Guernsey, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted, Manchester) and seasonal charter flights (Kyiv-Boryspil, Moscow-Vnukovo, Southampton, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion) |
| La Rochelle – Île de Ré Airport | Customs | Customs | On request outside peak season | Seasonal scheduled flights (Birmingham, Bristol, Cork, Dublin, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds/Bradford, London Gatwick, London Stansted, Manchester) |
| Lannion – Côte de Granit Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Le Havre – Octeville Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Lille Airport | Police aux frontières | Customs | Permanent | Regular scheduled flights (Algiers, Oran, Tlemcen, Tunis) |
| Limoges – Bellegarde Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Regular scheduled flights (Bristol, East Midlands, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, London Stansted, Newcastle, Southampton) |
| Lorient South Brittany Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport | Police aux frontières | Customs | Permanent | Regular scheduled flights (Agadir, Algiers, Annaba, Batna, Béjaïa, Biskra, Bodrum, Bucharest-Henri Coanda, Casablanca, Chlef, Constantine, Dakar, Djerba, Douala, Dublin, Istanbul-Atatürk, Jijel, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, Manchester, Marrakech, Monastir, Moscow-Domodedovo, Oran, Sétif, Sfax, Southampton, Tozeur, Tlemcen, Tunis, Yaoundé), seasonal scheduled flights (Antalya, Bodrum, Izmir, Montreal–Trudeau, Split, Yerevan) and charter flights (Burgas, Dubrovnik, London Luton, London Stansted, Shannon, Varna) |
| Marseille Provence Airport | Police aux frontières | Customs | Permanent | Regular scheduled flights (Agadir, Algiers, Annaba, Antalya, Antananarivo, Batna, Béjaïa, Biskra, Bodrum, Casablanca, Chlef, Constantine, Dakar, Djerba, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, London Gatwick, London Stansted, Marrakech, Monastir, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, Oran, Sétif, Sfax, Tlemcen, Tozeur, Tunis, Yaoundé) and seasonal scheduled flights (Bristol, Dublin, Montreal–Trudeau, Quebec City, Toronto-Pearson, Yerevan) |
| Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Regular scheduled flights (Algiers), seasonal scheduled flights (Constantine, Oran) and seasonal charter flights |
| Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Regular scheduled flights (Casablanca, Fez, Nador) and seasonal scheduled flights (Algiers, Leeds/Bradford, London Luton, Oran) |
| Nantes Atlantique Airport | Police aux frontières | Customs | On request outside peak season | Regular scheduled flights (Agadir, Casablanca, London City, Marrakech) and seasonal scheduled flights (Djerba, Dublin, Larnaca, London Gatwick, Manchester, Monastir, Montréal-Trudeau, Shannon, Southampton, Toronto-Pearson, Tunis) |
| Nice Côte d'Azur Airport | Police aux frontières | Customs | Permanent | Regular scheduled flights (Algiers, Agadir, Bucharest-Henri Coandă, Casablanca, Constantine, Djerba, Doha, Dubai, Dublin, Istanbul-Atatürk, Liverpool, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, London Luton, London Stansted, Marrakech, Monastir, Moscow-Sheremetyevo, St Petersburg, Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion, Tunis) and seasonal scheduled flights (Belfast-International, Beirut, Birmingham, Cork, Djerba, Nottingham/East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Kyiv-Boryspil, Larnaca, London City, Manchester, Monastir, Montréal-Trudeau, New York-JFK, Newcastle, Olbia, Praia, Shannon, Southampton, Toronto-Pearson, Tozeur) |
| Nîmes–Alès–Camargue–Cévennes Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Regular scheduled flights (London Luton) and seasonal scheduled flights (Liverpool) |
| Charles de Gaulle Airport | Police aux frontières | Customs | Permanent | Regular scheduled flights |
| Paris Orly Airport | Police aux frontières | Customs | Permanent | Regular scheduled flights (Abidjan, Agadir, Aleppo, Algiers, Annaba, Antananarivo, Bamako, Batna, Béjaïa, Biskra, Bodrum, Constantine, Dakar, Damascus, Djanet, Djerba, Essaouira, Fes, Havana, Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen, Izmir, Kayes, London City, London Heathrow, Luxor, Marrakech, Mauritius, Miami, Monastir, Montréal–Trudeau, Newark, Oran, Ouagadougou, Ouarzazate, Oujda, Rabat, Santiago de Cuba, Sétif, Sfax, Southampton, Tamanrasset, Tangier, Tehran-Imam Khomeini, Tlemcen, Tozeur, Tunis) |
| Pau Pyrénées Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Regular scheduled flights (London City) and seasonal scheduled flights (Dublin) |
| Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Seasonal scheduled flights (Birmingham, Dublin, London Stansted, Southampton) |
| Poitiers–Biard Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Seasonal scheduled flights (Edinburgh, London Stansted, Manchester) |
| Quimper–Cornouaille Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Seasonal scheduled flights (London City) |
| Rennes–Saint-Jacques Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Regular scheduled flights (Southampton) and seasonal scheduled flights (Cork, Dublin, Exeter, Manchester, Shannon) |
| Rodez–Aveyron Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Regular scheduled flights (London Stansted) and seasonal scheduled flights (Dublin) |
| Rouen Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Saint-Brieuc – Armor Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
| Saint-Étienne–Bouthéon Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Regular scheduled flights (Istanbul-Sabiha Gökçen) |
| Saint-Nazaire Montoir Airport | Customs | Customs | On request | Infrequent charter flights |
Land borders
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Metropolitan France's only land border with a non-Schengen country is with Andorra, while the Channel Tunnel forms a railway link with the United Kingdom. The overseas departments and territories of France are not part of the Schengen Area. French Guiana borders Brazil and Suriname, whereas Saint-Martin borders Sint Maarten.
In the 1991 Sangatte Protocol, France signed an agreement with the United Kingdom to introduce 'juxtaposed controls' (in French, des bureaux de contrôles nationaux juxtaposés, or 'BCNJ') at Eurostar and Eurotunnel stations.
This means that, when travelling from the UK to France by Eurostar, French immigration checks are carried out by the Police aux Frontières on British soil before boarding the train, whilst French customs checks take place upon arrival on French soil. When travelling in the reverse direction from France to the UK by Eurostar, French immigration exit checks and British immigration checks both take place on French soil before boarding the train, whilst British customs checks take place upon arrival on British soil. The exception is at Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy, where the UK Border Force no longer maintains a full presence and passengers boarding the Eurostar there clear immigration and customs on arrival in the UK.
When travelling from the UK to France by Eurotunnel, French immigration and customs checks both take place on British soil before boarding the train. When travelling from France to the UK by Eurotunnel, after French immigration exit checks, British immigration and customs checks both take place on French soil before boarding the train shuttle.
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| Border crossing point | French agency responsible for checks | Nature of presence | Trains to/from outside the Schengen Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immigration | Customs | |||
| Bourg-Saint-Maurice railway station | Customs | Customs | Seasonal (beginning of December to mid-April) |
Seasonal Eurostar ski service |
| Calais Fréthun railway station | Police aux Frontières | Customs | Permanent | Up to 3 Eurostar trains per day to/from London St Pancras, Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International. |
| Eurotunnel Calais Terminal, Coquelles | Police aux Frontières | Customs | Permanent | Frequent Eurotunnel Shuttle services to/from Cheriton, Kent. |
| Lille Europe railway station | Police aux Frontières | Customs | Permanent | Up to 10 Eurostar trains per day to/from London St Pancras, Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International. |
| Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy railway station | Police aux Frontières | Customs | Permanent | Up to 1 Eurostar train per day to/from London St Pancras. |
| Moûtiers–Salins–Brides-les-Bains railway station | Customs | Customs | Seasonal (beginning of December to mid-April) |
Seasonal Eurostar ski service |
| Paris North railway station | Police aux Frontières | Customs | Permanent | Up to 16 Eurostar trains per day to/from London St Pancras, Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International. |
| El Pas de la Casa Andorra road crossing | Police aux Frontières | Customs | Permanent | |
Maritime borders
[edit]In 2003, France signed an agreement with the United Kingdom to introduce 'juxtaposed controls' (in French, des bureaux de contrôles nationaux juxtaposés, or 'BCNJ') at Dover on the British side and at Calais, Dunkirk and Boulogne-sur-Mer on the French side.
This means that, when travelling from Dover to France by ferry, French immigration checks are carried out by the Police aux Frontières on British soil before boarding the ferry, whilst French customs checks take place upon arrival on French soil. When travelling in the reverse direction from Calais, Dunkirk and Boulogne-sur-Mer in France to the UK by ferry, French immigration exit checks and British immigration checks both take place on French soil before boarding the ferry, whilst British customs checks take place upon arrival on British soil.
| Border crossing point | French agency responsible for checks | Nature of presence | Ferries to/from outside the Schengen Area | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immigration | Customs | Company | Foreign port(s) | ||
| Caen port | Customs | Customs | Permanent | Brittany Ferries | Portsmouth |
| Calais port | Police aux Frontières | Customs | Permanent | DFDS Seaways and P&O Ferries | Dover |
| Carteret port | Police aux Frontières | Customs | Permanent | Manche Îles Express | Guernsey and Jersey |
| Cherbourg port | Police aux Frontières | Customs | Permanent | Brittany Ferries Irish Ferries |
Poole and Portsmouth Rosslare |
| Diélette port | Customs | Customs | Permanent | Manche Îles Express | Alderney and Guernsey |
| Dieppe port | Police aux Frontières | Customs | Permanent | DFDS Seaways | Newhaven |
| Dunkirk port | Police aux Frontières | Customs | Permanent | DFDS Seaways | Dover |
| Granville port | Police aux Frontières | Customs | Permanent | Manche Îles Express | Jersey |
| Le Havre port | Police aux Frontières | Customs | Permanent | LD Lines | Portsmouth |
| Marseille port | Police aux Frontières | Customs | Permanent | Algérie Ferries | Algiers, Bejaia, Oran and Skikda |
| Roscoff port | Customs | Customs | Permanent | Brittany Ferries Irish Ferries |
Cork and Plymouth Rosslare |
| Saint Malo port | Police aux Frontières | Customs | Permanent | Brittany Ferries Condor Ferries |
Portsmouth Guernsey, Jersey, Poole, Weymouth |
| Sète port | Police aux Frontières | Customs | Permanent | Comarit | Nador and Tangier |
References
[edit]- ^ Center for the Study of Democracy: Study to identify best practices on the cooperation between border guards and customs administrations working at the external borders of the EU
- ^ "Circuler en sécurité en Europe : renforcer Schengen" (in French). Senate (France). 29 March 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
la PAF a-t-elle vocation à se voir attribuer les PPF au « trafic permanent significatif en provenance de pays sources d'immigration ou qui possèdent une importance justifiant une présence policière et douanière permanente »