Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 646/2012
of 16 July 2012
laying down detailed rules on fines and periodic penalty payments pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(Text with EEA relevance) (revoked)

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Regulation revoked (31.12.2020) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/645), reg. 1, Sch. 2 (with Sch. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1098, regs. 1(3), 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 Subject-matter and scope
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CHAPTER II NON-COMPLIANCE PROCEDURE

SECTION 1 Inquiry

Article 2 The non-compliance procedure
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Article 3 Requests for information
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Article 4 Notification
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Article 5 Inquiries
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Article 6 Voluntary compliance
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Article 7 Statement of objections
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Article 8 Oral hearing
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Article 9 Time limits
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Article 10 Report
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SECTION 2 Decision-making

Article 11 Requests for information
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Article 12 New period of inquiry
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SECTION 3 Decisions on fines and periodic penalty payments

Article 13 Fines and periodic penalty payments and maximum amounts
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Article 14 Contents of decisions
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Article 15 Criteria governing the application and quantification of fines and periodic penalty payments
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SECTION 4 Non-cooperation

Article 16 Periodic penalty payments for non-cooperation
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Article 17 Procedure
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Article 18 Complementarity of procedures
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SECTION 5

Article 19 Recovery of fines and periodic penalty payments
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CHAPTER III ACCESS TO THE FILE, LEGAL REPRESENTATION, CONFIDENTIALITY AND TEMPORAL PROVISIONS

SECTION 1 Rights of defence

Article 20 Access to the file
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Article 21 Legal representation
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Article 22 Confidentiality, professional secrecy and right to remain silent
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SECTION 2 Temporal provisions

Article 23 Application of time-limits
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Article 24 Limitation periods for the imposition of fines and periodic penalty payments
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Article 25 Limitation periods for the collection of fines and periodic penalty payments
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CHAPTER IV FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 26 Application
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Article 27 Entry into force
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