Where there are indications that cash worth less than €10,000 or CFP francs 1,193,300, carried by a bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer, coming from or going to a foreign country is linked to one of the activities punishable by the offences referred to in I of Article L. 561-15, customs officers may temporarily detain it in accordance with the procedures set out in the second, third and fourth paragraphs of Article L. 722-18. The decision to detain may be appealed in accordance with article L. 722-20.
The reasons for the temporary detention are notified to the bearer, sender or recipient of the cash, or to their representative, as appropriate. The latter are required to provide the customs administration with information, the list of which is set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
The first two paragraphs apply where the cash is declared in accordance with this section.
For the application of this article, customs officers shall exercise the powers conferred upon them by the locally applicable customs code.