In the absence of a written request from the owner of a copyright or related right and outside the cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs administration may, as part of its controls, detain goods likely to infringe a copyright or related right.
The holder of the copyright or related right is immediately notified of this detention. The public prosecutor is also informed of the said measure by the customs administration.
During the notification referred to in the first sentence of the second paragraph of this article, the nature and actual or estimated quantity as well as images of the goods shall be communicated to the copyright or related right holder, by way of derogation from Article 59 bis of the Customs Code. This information may also be communicated prior to the implementation of the measure provided for in this article.
The detention measure shall be lifted automatically if the customs administration has not received the request provided for in Article L. 335-10 of this code, filed within four working days of notification of the withholding referred to in the first sentence of the second paragraph of this article.
If the request has been received in accordance with the fourth paragraph of this article, the period of ten working days referred to in the fourth paragraph of article L. 335-10 begins to run from the acceptance of this request by the customs administration.
This article does not apply to perishable goods.