1. Levies and compensatory charges established in accordance with the provisions of regulations adopted by the Council of the European Economic Community shall be collected in the same way as customs duties.
Infringements shall be recorded and punished, and proceedings investigated and judged, in accordance with Title XII of the Customs Code.
Where the Community authorises a Member State to reduce its levies and the other Member States to increase theirs in respect of that State, the additional levies shall be fixed on importation into the French customs territory at an amount equal to the reduction applicable by the Member State which has reduced its levies.
2. The levels of levies and compensatory charges referred to in 1 of this article are brought to the attention of importers by notices published in the Official Journal of the French Republic. The levies and compensatory charges shall enter into force on the date of the Official Journal containing the notice, unless otherwise provided for therein.