Enforcement of decisions
1. Where, within the reasonable time limit referred to in Article 22(1), point (b), an economic operator has failed to comply with the decision referred to in Article 20, the competent authorities shall be responsible for the enforcement of that decision and shall ensure all of the following:
(a)
the prohibition on the placing or making available of the products concerned on the Union market and on the export of them;
(b)
the withdrawal from the Union market by relevant authorities of products that have already been placed or made available on the market, in accordance with Union and national law;
(c)
the disposal of withdrawn products and products remaining with the economic operator in accordance with Article 25, at the expense of that economic operator;
(d)
the restriction of access to the products concerned and to listings referring to those products by requesting the relevant third party to implement such restriction.
2. If the economic operator has failed to comply with the decision referred to in Article 20, the competent authority shall impose either directly, in cooperation with other authorities, or by way of an application to the competent judicial authorities, penalties on the economic operator concerned pursuant to Article 37.
Withdrawal and disposal of products made with forced labour
1. An order to withdraw and dispose of products placed or made available on the Union market pursuant to Article 20(4) of this Regulation shall be communicated, through the information and communication system referred to in Article 7(1) of this Regulation, to the market surveillance authorities referred to in Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and any other relevant authorities for the products concerned.
2. The enforcement of the withdrawal and disposal of the products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be the responsibility of the competent authority, in coordination with any other relevant authorities for the products concerned.
Manner of disposal of products made with forced labour
In line with the waste hierarchy set out in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 27 ) , economic operators and the Member States competent authorities responsible for the disposal of products, as required by Article 20(4), point (c), and Article 23(1), point (c), of this Regulation, respectively, shall dispose of those products by recycling them or, when that is not possible, by rendering those products inoperable. Perishable products, shall be donated for charitable or public interest purposes or, when that is not possible, be rendered inoperable.
