1. The declarant is authorised to rectify registered declarations subject to the following reservations:
a) the correction must be requested :
on import, before the customs service has authorised the removal of the goods ;
on export, before the goods have left the Customs office or the place designated for that purpose, unless the request relates to elements whose accuracy the Customs service is able to verify, even in the absence of the goods;
b) the rectification cannot be accepted if the Customs service has informed the declarant of its intention to examine the goods, or has established the inaccuracy of the particulars of the declaration;
c) the rectification may not have the effect of making the declaration cover goods of a different type from that initially declared.
2. The declarant is entitled to request cancellation of the declaration:
(a) on import, if he proves that the goods were erroneously declared for release for consumption or for a customs procedure suspensive of duties, taxes or prohibitions, or that this declaration is no longer justified due to special circumstances ;
b) on export, if he provides proof that he has not benefited from any of the advantages associated with export, and where the goods were destined for a State which is not a member of the European Economic Community, if he provides proof that they have not left the customs territory of that Community;
In other cases, if he provides proof that the goods have not left French customs territory, or have been reintroduced into it.
In the case referred to in a above, authorisation cannot be granted when the removal of the goods has already been authorised by the customs service.
3. Decrees issued by the Director General of Customs and Excise shall determine, as necessary, the terms and conditions for the application of this article.