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Request for additional information
Article 14(3) provides that the competent customs department of the Member
State or Member States indicated in the Union application may request the
competent customs department that adopted the decision granting the appli-
cation to provide them with additional information deemed necessary for the
implementation of that decision.
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Notification of suspension of actions of customs department
Article 14(4) provides that the competent customs department shall forward its
decision suspending the actions of the customs authorities under point (b) of
Art 16(1) and Art 16(2) to the customs offices of its Member State, immedi-
ately after its adoption.
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(g) Notification obligations of the holder of the decision
Article 15 provides that the holder of the decision shall immediately notify the
competent customs department that granted the application of any of the
following:
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(a) an IPR covered by the application ceases to have effect;
(b) the holder of the decision ceases for other reasons to be entitled to submit the
application;
(c) modifications to the information referred to in Art 6(3).
(h) Failure of the holder of the decision to fulfil his obligations
Article 16(1) provides that where the holder of the decision uses the infor-
mation provided by the customs authorities for purposes other than those
provided for in Art 21, the competent customs department of the Member
State where the information was provided or misused may:
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(a) revoke any decision adopted by it granting a national application to that holder of
the decision, and refuse to extend the period during which the customs authorities
are to take action;
(b) suspend in their territory, during the period during which the customs authorities
are to take action, any decision granting a Union application to that holder of the
decision.
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Article 16(2) provides that the competent customs department may decide to
suspend the actions of the customs authorities until the expiry of the period
during which those authorities are to take action, where the holder of the
decision:
(a)
does not fulfil the notification obligations set out in Art 15;
(b)
does not fulfil the obligation on returning samples set out in Art 19(3);
