Book V: Designs

I. – When goods suspected of infringing a registered design are detained after an application referred to in Article L. 521-14 has been accepted, goods transported in small consignments may be destroyed under the supervision of customs officers where the applicant has, in his application, requested the use of the procedure provided for in this article. II. – The notification referred to in the first sentence of the second paragraph…

Where the applicant uses information provided to him by the customs administration, by way of derogation from Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, for purposes other than those provided for in this Chapter, the Customs Administration shall revoke, suspend or refuse to renew the said application.

With a view to imposing the measures provided for in Articles L. 521-14 to L. 521-17-3, customs officers shall apply the powers vested in them by the Customs Code.

A decree in the Council of State shall set: 1° The conditions for application of the measures provided for in Articles L. 521-14 to L. 521-17-3; 2° The conditions under which the destruction of goods likely to constitute an infringement of a design, as provided for by European Union regulations, takes place, as well as the conditions for taking samples prior to the said destruction.