Periodic penalty payments for non-cooperation
Article 15
1. Where the Commission intends to adopt a decision imposing periodic penalty payments as referred to in Article 7(1) to a recognised organisation that has failed to undertake or incurs unjustified delays in undertaking preventive and remedial action requested by the Commission, it shall first notify the recognised organisation in writing. 2. The notification by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 1 shall make reference to the specific preventive and remedial action that has not been undertaken by the recognised organisation and the supporting evidence, as well as inform the recognised organisation of the periodic penalty payments that are being considered by the Commission thereon. 3. The Commission shall set a time limit in which the recognised organisation may submit written observations to the Commission. The Commission shall not be obliged to take into account written observations received after the expiry of the time limit.