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If your goods are stopped on suspicion of counterfeiting, customs will inform you of the next steps.
If goods are suspected of infringing intellectual property rights, the customs authorities can detain them at the border or suspend further clearance. This can prevent infringing goods from entering the internal market. The holder of these rights can apply to the customs authorities for this procedure.
If authorization has been granted and suspicious goods are found, customs will inform you as part of the customs clearance procedure. The rights holder can inspect the goods. This can be followed by various steps:
In order to receive notifications and notices, your goods must have been stopped on the basis of an application by a rights holder for action by the customs authorities.
You do not need to submit any additional documents.
You will receive notifications and decisions from the customs authorities via the inbox in the customs portal if
The procedure is then as follows:
The following conditions must be met in order to be able to send and retrieve notifications and decisions online:
In addition, for the electronic retrieval of notifications
Identification on the portal is possible via:
If the requirements for electronic delivery are not met, notifications and notices will be sent by post.
You will receive the information and notifications from the customs authorities free of charge.
You will receive notification that the goods have been stopped within one working day.
There are no indications or special features.
Are you concerned that goods being imported into or exported from the customs union could infringe your intellectual property rights? Then you can apply to the Central Industrial Property Office to stop these goods.
If goods are stopped by customs on suspicion of counterfeiting, you will be informed of this as the rights holder.