Section 7b: Temporary withholding of cash

On the occasion of the controls provided for in this Chapter, where there are indications that cash, within the meaning of Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005, which is circulating within the customs territory, within the meaning of Article 1 of this Code,…

The temporary detention order referred to in article 67 ter B may be appealed by the person to whom it is notified and, in the case of a different person, by the owner of the cash, before the president of the investigating chamber of the court of appeal for the location of the customs department responsible for the procedure. The decision to temporarily detain the cash must specify the appeal…

At the latest at the end of the temporary detention and any renewal thereof, the cash is returned to the person referred to in article 67 ter B, unless it has been seized by customs officers under the conditions provided for in article 323 of this Code or in III of article L. 152-4 of the Monetary and Financial Code.