Administrative penalties following first-level checks on withdrawal operations
Article 62
1. If, following the check referred to in Article 29 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892, non-compliances are found with regard to the marketing standards or the minimum requirements referred to in Article 15 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892, exceeding the established tolerances, the producer organisation concerned shall be required to pay a penalty calculated according to the proportion of the withdrawn products not complying: (a) where those quantities are less than 10 % of the quantities actually withdrawn pursuant to Article 44 of this Regulation, the penalty shall be equal to the Union financial assistance, calculated on the basis of the quantities of the non-complying withdrawn products; (b) where those quantities are between 10 % and 25 % of the quantities actually withdrawn, the penalty shall be double the amount of the Union financial assistance, calculated on the basis of the quantities of the non-complying withdrawn products; or (c) where those quantities exceed 25 % of the quantity actually withdrawn, the penalty shall be equal to the amount of the Union financial assistance for the entire quantity notified pursuant to Article 44 of this Regulation. 2. The penalties referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply without prejudice to any penalty applied pursuant to Article 61.