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The amount of the interest on arrears payable shall be calculated on the basis of the rate of 3 for every month or fraction of a month over the total amount of the
customs debt.
Article 157 Payment Modalities
The payment of a customs debt may be made in cash or by certified cheque to the order of the Treasury, at the customs office where the declaration has been registered.
CHAPTER IV Guarantee of the Customs Debt
Article 158 Requirement of Guarantee
1. Whenever, in applying the customs legislation, the customs authorities require the
constitution of a guarantee in order to ensure the payment of a customs debt, such guarantee shall be provided by the debtor.
2. Where the debtor is a body of the Public Administration, the bank guarantee may
be replaced by a letter of responsibility. 3.
The list of bodies of the Public Administration authorised to use letters of responsibility shall be approved by instruction of the Minister of Planning and
Finance.
Article 159 Moment of the Constitution of the Guarantee
1. The guarantee may be required at the time of the declaration of the goods for the
customs procedure. 2.
The amount of the guarantee to be constituted shall be equal to the amount of the debt incurred or to be incurred.
3. Where the amount of the debt to be incurred has not been set, the customs
authorities shall require the guarantee by the highest amount they calculate as being susceptible of being incurred.
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Modalities of Guarantee The guarantee may be constituted either by a deposit in cash or by a personal security.
Article 161 Guarantee by Personal Security
1. Where the debtor opts for this modality of guarantee, the creditor shall have to
undertake himself or herself in writing to be held jointly and severally liable for payment of the amount guaranteed at the first request to do so.
2. The customs authorities may refuse the proposed creditor when they consider that
the proposed creditor does not have sufficient credibility.
3. Whenever the customs authorities notice that the guarantee provided does not
cover or has ceased to cover safely and entirely the payment of the customs debt within the time limits set, they shall require the debtor or his or her creditor to
provide a supplementary guarantee.
4. The guarantee shall not be cancelled until the respective customs debt has been
settled. 5.
The creditor shall be jointly and severally a debtor, and the customs authorities may sue the principal debtor, the creditor, or both simultaneously.
CHAPTER V Extinction of Customs Debt