Article 15 — Recovery of costs by market surveillance authorities

Market Surveillance Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2019/1020

What does MARKET-SURVEILLANCE Article 15 say?

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1. Member States may authorise their market surveillance authorities to reclaim from the relevant economic operator the totality of the costs of their activities with respect to instances of non-compliance. 2.

Source: Market Surveillance Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, read 2026-10-13.

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1. Member States may authorise their market surveillance authorities to reclaim from the relevant economic operator the totality of the costs of their activities with respect to instances of non-compliance.

2. The costs referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article may include the costs of carrying out testing, the costs of taking measures in accordance with Article 28(1) and (2), the costs of storage and the costs of activities relating to products that are found to be non-compliant and are subject to corrective action prior to their release for free circulation or their placing on the market.

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