I. – Where the detention provided for by European Union regulations and relating to goods suspected of infringing a geographical indication is implemented before a request from the person authorised to use the geographical indication or the body for the defence of geographical indications has been lodged or accepted, customs officials may, by way of derogation from Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, inform this person or body of the implementation of this measure. They may also provide information on the quantity and nature of the goods.
Where the detention provided for under EU regulations and relating to goods suspected of infringing a geographical indication is implemented after a request from the person authorised to use a geographical indication or the body for the defence of geographical indications has been accepted, customs officials may also communicate to that person or body the information, provided for under those regulations, necessary to determine whether there has been an infringement of his right.
II. – The costs generated by the implementation of the withholding referred to in I shall be borne by the person authorised to use a geographical indication or the body for the defence of geographical indications.