Article 249 Abandonment of goods(Article 199 of the Code)
United Kingdom
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.