The seizure, whether descriptive or real, provided for in Article L. 521-4 shall be ordered by the president of the judicial court with jurisdiction to hear the case on the merits.
The president may authorise the bailiff to make any useful observations with a view to establishing the origin, consistency and extent of the infringement.
In order to ensure the protection of business secrecy, the president may ex officio order the temporary sequestration of the seized items, under the conditions provided for in Article R. 153-1 of the Commercial Code.