Article 52. Goods to be kept under the customs' specific management:
- Goods which have not been decreed in details in due time as provided under Article 17 of this Law;
- Goods remaining in warehouses for other reasons.
The above-mentioned goods shall be recorded in a specific customs register. Warehouse fees, deterioration and loss shall remain under the responsibility of the commodities' owners.
Customs officers are entitled to open containers subject to the customs' specific management in the presence of their owners or of three witnesses who do not belong to the customs authorities. If such goods do not have any sale value, the customs authorities may destroy them according to the regulations.

Article 53. As goods are recorded in specific customs registers, their owners are entitled to claim them back within four months, but shall:

- Pay fined as provided in Article 90 of this Law in the case of goods intended for exportation, entry in the warehouse system or in the duty free zone.
- Pay duties and fines as provided in Article 90 of this Law for import goods intended for local consumption.

Chapter 2
Confiscation of Goods Placed
Under the Customs' Specific Management

Article 54. Goods placed under the customs' specific management which are degraded, rapidly deteriorable, causing storage difficulties or inappropriate for storage may be immediately sold according to Article 17. Fines according to Article 90 of this Law, as well as duties and other expenses shall be deducted from the proceed of such sale. The remaining sum shall be preserved by the customs authorities for the commodities' owner for a period of four months from the day the goods are entered in the customs' specific register. If such period is exceeded, the sum shall be remitted to the state budget.

Article 55. Goods kept under the customs' specific management in excess of four months without any claim from their owners shall be confiscated by the customs authorities as state property and sold according to regulations provided in Article 17 of this Law. Such sold goods shall not include duties. The sales proceed after deduction of lawful expenses shall be to the state budget.