1. Persons authorised to lodge accounting declarations, where they are not in possession of the information necessary to draw them up, may be authorised to examine the goods before declaration and to take samples. They must then submit a provisional declaration to the customs authorities, which may in no case release them from the obligation to make an accounting declaration.
2. Any manipulation likely to alter the presentation of goods covered by provisional declarations is prohibited.
3. The form of provisional declarations and the conditions under which prior examination of the goods may take place shall be determined by order of the Director General of Customs and Excise.