1. The quantities of goods in respect of which the prescribed obligations have not been fulfilled shall be liable to the duties and taxes in force on the date of registration of the acquits-à-caution or documents in lieu thereof and the penalties incurred shall be determined on the basis of the same duties and taxes or on the basis of the value of the said quantities on the domestic market on the same date.
2. If the goods referred to in 1 above have perished as a result of a duly recorded case of force majeure, the customs service may exempt the tenderer and his guarantor from payment of the duties and taxes.