1. The maximum length of time that goods may remain in storage or on customs clearance premises is set by order of the Director General of Customs and Excise.
2. When, at the latest on expiry of the period provided for in 1 of this article, the goods have not been the subject of a declaration assigning them a customs procedure, the operator is required to take these goods to the premises of a public warehouse where they are automatically placed in storage.