Regulation 8

In the event that the Commissioners supply the applicant with a sample of imported goods which appears to them both to correspond to the description of goods contained in a decision under article 3(3) of the Council Regulation granting his application and to bear a trade mark identical to or substantially indistinguishable from the registered trade mark mentioned in that decision the applicant shall, within 24 hours of being requested by the Commissioners, or within such further time as the Commissioners may allow, confirm to them in writing whether or not in his opinion the sample is counterfeit, giving his reasons, by reference to characteristics of the sample or its packaging or otherwise.