Petroleum products and coal intended for bunkering ships, excluding pleasure craft and sports vessels, sailing at sea or on waterways flowing into the sea as far as the last customs office located upstream in the coastal department are exempt from customs duties, as are, within limits defined by decree, those intended for bunkering ships sailing on international waterways or parts of waterways.
A decree by the Minister for the Economy and Finance sets the conditions for the application of this article and may extend its provisions to seagoing vessels navigating in the part of the waterways not included within the limits provided for in the previous paragraph, provided that these vessels do not carry out cabotage transport in this part.