Determination of maximum aggregate amount of fines and periodic penalty payments
Article 8
The maximum aggregate amount of fines and periodic penalty payments imposed to the recognised organisation, as established in Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 391/2009, shall be determined as follows: (a) the aggregate amount of the fines imposed on a recognised organisation in accordance with Article 4 within one business year for that organisation, taking into account the date of the decision to impose the fines and, in case of more than one decision imposing fines to that organisation, the date of the first decision imposing a fine on that organisation, shall not exceed 5 % of the total average turnover of that organisation calculated in accordance with Article 9; (b) the aggregate amount of the fines imposed on a recognised organisation in accordance with Article 4 within one business year for that organisation, determined in accordance with paragraph 1, and the periodic penalty payments imposed in the same decisions in accordance with Article 7(2) and accrued for as long as appropriate remedial action is not undertaken by the organisation shall not exceed 5 % of the total average turnover of that organisation calculated in accordance with Article 9. Without prejudice to Article 21, recovery by the Commission of the periodic penalty payments shall not exceed the 5 % ceiling; (c) the aggregate amount of the periodic penalty payments imposed on a recognised organisation in accordance with Article 7(1) and accrued for as long as appropriate preventive or remedial action is not undertaken by the organisation shall not exceed 5 % of the total average turnover of that organisation calculated in accordance with Article 9. Without prejudice to Article 21, recovery by the Commission of the periodic penalty payments shall not exceed the 5 % ceiling.