I. – The distance selling of manufactured tobacco products, including when the purchaser is located abroad, is prohibited in mainland France and the overseas departments. The acquisition, introduction from another Member State of the European Union or importation from third countries of manufactured tobacco products in the context of distance selling is also prohibited in mainland France and the overseas departments.
II. – Manufactured tobacco products discovered in postal parcels or in parcels forwarded by express freight companies are presumed to have been the subject of a prohibited operation within the meaning of I, unless proven otherwise.