During the period of withholding referred to in Article L. 722-9 and in the second paragraph of I of l’article L. 722-11, the person authorised to use a geographical indication or the body for the defence of geographical indications may, at their request or at the request of the customs administration, inspect the goods detained.
When inspecting the goods detained, the customs authorities may take samples. At the request of the person authorised to use the geographical indication or the body for the defence of geographical indications, these samples may be handed over to him or her solely for the purposes of analysis and with a view to facilitating any actions that he or she may have to take through civil or criminal proceedings.