1. Imported or exported products are subject to the Tariff Law in the state in which they are located at the time it becomes applicable to them.
2. However, the customs service may authorise the separation of goods which, in the same consignment, have deteriorated as a result of events occurring before the registration of the accounting declaration; the damaged goods must either be destroyed immediately, re-exported or re-dispatched within the country, as the case may be, or taxed according to their new condition.
3. Specific duties, taxes and surcharges are levied without regard to the relative value or degree of preservation of the goods.