Copyright Law Implementing Regulations

(1) A copyright owner, who has legitimate reasons to suspect that works infringing his rights are intended for importation or exportation, may submit a written request to the committee in order to stop and seize works imported or intended for importation or exportation, upon reaching the borders. (2) The committee may request the plaintiff to submit a financial guarantee sufficient to protect the defendant and prevent abuse of rights. (3) The plaintiff shall submit to the committee, within a period not exceeding ten (10) working days, the complaint and the supporting evidence that determine the infringements he has incurred, provided that the period of seizure does not exceed thirty one (31) days, after which amendment, cancellation or confirmation of such measures shall be considered. (4) The committee may decide that the plaintiff pay to the importer or exporter an appropriate compensation for damages incurred by them as a result of wrongful seizure of works. (5) The committee may grant the owner of the right (the plaintiff) sufficient opportunity to inspect the works in order to prove his allegations. (6) The importer is entitled to an equal opportunity to inspect any of these commodities. (7) The committee, in case the infringement is proved, is authorized to notify the owner of the right of the names and addresses of the sender and addressee of the works as well as their quantities.