(1) Where no objection is lodged in respect of the seizure before the expiry of a period of two weeks following service of the communication in accordance with section 146 (2) sentence 1, at the latest, the customs authority shall order confiscation of the seized goods.
(2) Where the person entitled to exercise the control objects to the seizure, the customs authority shall inform the person making the request without delay. The latter shall declare to the customs authority without delay whether he upholds the request in accordance with section 146 (1) in respect of the seized goods.
(3) Where the person making the request withdraws his request, the customs authority shall revoke the seizure without delay. Where the person making the request upholds his request and submits an enforceable court decision ordering the impounding of the seized goods or imposing a restriction on the control, the customs authority shall take the necessary measures.
(4) Where the cases referred to in subsection (3) do not apply, the customs authority shall revoke the seizure after the expiry of a period of two weeks following service of the communication to the person making the request in accordance with subsection (2). Where the person making the request proves that he has requested, but not yet received, a court decision in accordance with subsection (3) sentence 2 the seizure shall remain in force for a maximum of a further two weeks.