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1. Member States shall adopt appropriate measures to ensure the efficient management of entities, such as undertakings, that are to be preserved as a going concern.

2. Member States are encouraged to take appropriate measures to prevent property from being acquired, in the course of its disposal further to a confiscation order, by persons convicted in the criminal proceedings in which the property was frozen.

3. Member States shall ensure the efficient management of frozen and confiscated property until its disposal further to a final confiscation order.

4. Member States shall ensure that, where justified by the nature of the property, competent authorities responsible for the management of frozen property assess the specific circumstances of property that might become the object of a confiscation order in order to minimise its estimated management costs and to preserve the value of such property until its disposal. Such an assessment shall be carried out when preparing or, at the latest, without undue delay after executing the freezing order.

5. Member States may require the costs for the management of frozen property to be charged, at least partially, to the beneficial owner.