Abandonment of goods
Article 249
1. The customs authorities may reject a request for a permission to abandon goods to the State in accordance with Article 199 of the Code where any of the following conditions is fulfilled: (a) the goods cannot be sold within the customs territory of the Union or the cost of that sale would be disproportionate to the value of the goods; (b) the goods are to be destroyed. 2. A request for the abandonment to the State shall be deemed to have been made in accordance with Article 199 of the Code where the customs authorities have made a public appeal for the owner of the goods to come forward and 90 days have passed without the owner doing so.