In the absence of a written request from the owner of a registered design or the beneficiary of an exclusive exploitation right and outside the cases provided for by the Community regulations in force, the customs administration may, in the course of its controls, detain goods likely to infringe a registered design or an exclusive exploitation right.
This detention is immediately notified to the owner of the registered design or the beneficiary of the exclusive exploitation right. The public prosecutor shall also be informed of the said measure.
During the notification referred to in the first sentence of the second paragraph of this Article, the nature and the actual or estimated quantity as well as images of the goods shall be communicated to the owner of the right or the beneficiary of the exclusive exploitation right, notwithstanding Article 59 bis of the Customs Code. This information may also be communicated prior to the implementation of the detention measure provided for in this article.
The detention measure shall be lifted automatically if the customs administration has not received from the owner of the registered design or the beneficiary of an exclusive exploitation right the request provided for in Article L. 521-14 of this Code, filed within four working days of notification of the withholding referred to in 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. 521-14 begins to run from the acceptance of this request by the customs administration.
This article does not apply to perishable goods.