The obstacle to access to records or documents on a computer medium, to their reading or seizure, referred to in IVa of Article L. 16 B and to 4 and 4 bis of Article L. 38 of the Book of Tax Procedures entails the application of a fine equal to:
1° €50,000, or 5% of the recalled duties if the latter amount is higher, when this obstacle is observed in the premises occupied by the taxpayer mentioned in I of Article L. 16 B of the same book or by the person likely to have committed the offences mentioned in 1 of Article L. 38 of the said book;
2° €10,000 in other cases, increased to €50,000 when this obstacle is observed in the premises occupied by the de jure or de facto representative of the taxpayer or person mentioned in 1° of this article.