Chapter I: Scope of the customs service.

1. The customs service shall act throughout the customs territory under the conditions laid down in this Code. 2. A special surveillance zone is organised along the land and sea borders. It constitutes the customs radius.

1. The customs radius comprises a maritime zone and a land zone. 2. The maritime zone is comprised between the coastline and an outer limit located at sea 12 nautical miles measured from the baselines of the territorial sea defined in Article 2 of Order No. 2016-1687 of 8 December 2016. 3. The land area is comprised: (a) Between the coastline and a line drawn forty kilometres within it ;…

In the contiguous zone as defined by Article 10 of Order No. 2016-1687 of 8 December 2016, the customs service may carry out the necessary controls in order to: a) prevent infringements of the laws and regulations that the customs administration is responsible for enforcing in the customs territory ; b) prosecuting infringements of the same laws and regulations committed in the customs territory.