Article 9
1
The Member States shall take the necessary measures, including as regards the system of penalties to ensure compliance with this Regulation.
The Member States shall communicate to the Commission the measures taken to that end no later than 31 December 2002 and the amendments to those measures before the end of the month following that in which they are adopted.
The Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia shall notify the Commission of the measures referred to in paragraph 1 no later than 31 December 2004, and of amendments to those measures before the end of the month following that in which they are adopted.
Bulgaria and Romania shall communicate to the Commission the measures referred to in the first paragraph no later than 31 December 2010, and the amendments to those measures before the end of the month following that in which they are adopted.
2
For the purpose of verifying indications as referred to in Articles 4, 5 and 6, the Member States concerned may introduce arrangements for approving establishments whose packaging facilities are situated in their territory.
Approval shall be granted and alphanumeric identification allocated to any establishment so requesting which meets the following conditions:
a
possesses packaging facilities;
b
undertakes to collect and keep the supporting documentation required by the Member State under Article 7;
c
has a storage system which makes it possible to check the provenance of oils bearing a designation of origin, to the satisfaction of the Member State concerned.
The label shall, where applicable, bear the alphanumeric identification of the approved packaging plant.