Means of identification affixed to the goods, packaging or means of transport shall be removed or destroyed only by the customs authorities or, where they are authorised to do so by the customs authorities, by economic operators, unless, as a result of unforeseeable circumstances or force majeure, their removal or destruction is essential to ensure the protection of the goods or the means of transport.
Is iad na húdaráis chustaim amháin, nó oibreoirí eacnamaíocha, i gcás ina n-údaróidh na húdaráis chustaim iad chuige sin, a aistreoidh nó a dhíothóidh meáin aitheantais atá greamaithe d'earraí de phacáistiú nó de mheáin iompair, ach amháin nuair is den riachtanas an t-aistriú nó an díothú, de bharr cúinsí nárbh fhéidir a thuar nó de bharr force majeure, chun na hearraí nó na meáin iompair a chosaint.