Periodic penalty payments
Article 7
1. Periodic penalty payments as referred to in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 may be imposed by the Commission on the organisation concerned, without prejudice to the fines imposed pursuant to Article 3, in order to ensure that preventive and remedial action is taken as required by the Commission in the course of its assessment of the recognised organisation. 2. In the decision imposing fines pursuant to Article 3 the Commission may also establish periodic penalty payments to be imposed on the recognised organisation if, and for as long as, it fails to undertake remedial action or incurs unjustified delays in bringing the infringement to an end. 3. The decision imposing the periodic penalty payments shall determine the time limit within which the recognised organisation has to comply with the required action. 4. Periodic penalty payments shall apply as from the day following the expiry of the time limit established in accordance with paragraph 3 until the day on which appropriate remedial action has been undertaken by the organisation, provided that the remedial action is considered satisfactory by the Commission. 5. The basic amount per day of the periodic penalty payments for each infringement shall be 0,0033 % of the total average turnover of the recognised organisation calculated in accordance with Article 9. For the calculation of the individual amount of periodic penalty payments for each infringement, the basic amount shall be adjusted based on the seriousness of the infringement and taking into account the extent to which safety or the protection of the environment has been compromised, in the light of Articles 5 and 6 of this Regulation. 6. The Commission may decide, in light of the circumstances of the case, and in particular in view of the urgency of the remedial action to be undertaken by the organisation concerned, to increase the daily amount for periodic penalty payments up to the following limits: (a) when the recognised organisation exceeds the time limit established pursuant to paragraph 3 by more than 120 days, from the 121st to the 300th day from the expiry of the time limit, 0,005 % per day of the organisation's total average turnover, calculated in accordance with Article 9; (b) when the recognised organisation exceeds the time limit established pursuant to paragraph 3 by more than 300 days, from the 301st day from the expiry of the time limit, 0,01 % per day of the organisation's total average turnover, calculated in accordance with Article 9. 7. The total amount of periodic penalty payments imposed under this Article, individually or in addition to fines, shall not exceed the maximum ceiling established under Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 391/2009, as detailed in Article 8 of this Regulation.