Subject-matter and scope
Article 1
1. This Regulation lays down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 concerning the criteria for establishing the amount of fines or periodic penalty payments, procedures for inquiries, associated measures and reporting, as well as rules of procedure for decision-making, including provisions on rights of defence, access to the file, legal representation, confidentiality and temporal provisions and the quantification and collection of fines and periodic penalty payments. 2. This Regulation applies to the imposition: (a) of fines on persons and undertakings to which the European Aviation Safety Agency (‘the Agency’) has issued a certificate (‘certificate holder’) where, intentionally or negligently, the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 or its implementing rules have been breached and where interests of the Union are involved; (b) of periodic penalty payments on certificate holders referred to in point (a) in order to compel them to comply with Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 or its implementing rules.