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Article 20Recovery of costs by competent authorities
CELEX 32023R1115 · Read on 2026-10-06
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1. Member States may authorise their competent authorities to reclaim from the operators, downstream operators or traders the totality of the costs of their activities with respect to instances of non-compliance.
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1. Member States may authorise their competent authorities to reclaim from the operators, downstream operators or traders the totality of the costs of their activities with respect to instances of non-compliance.
2. The costs referred to in paragraph 1 may include the costs of carrying out testing, of storage and of activities relating to the relevant products that are found to be non-compliant products and are subject to corrective action prior to the release of those relevant products for free circulation, their placing on the market or their export.
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