Article 12 Instances of non-compliance
United Kingdom
Each of the following acts of an accredited manufacturer shall constitute an instance of non-compliance:
failure to meet any of the accreditation requirements listed in Article 3(1);
with regard to previously identified instances of non-compliance, failure to implement improvements within the time limits as agreed with the ECB;
failure to meet any of the obligations listed in Article 9;
refusal to grant the ECB immediate access to the manufacturing site or to any documents which the ECB considers necessary to the inspection;
a discrepancy in the records of euro secure items connected to an infringement of the security requirements by the accredited manufacturer;
submission of a proven false or misleading declaration or proven falsified document to the ECB and, where applicable, to an NCB, pursuant to any of the procedures under this Decision;
any breach of its obligation to respect the confidentiality classification of any document related to this Decision.
The ECB shall notify the accredited manufacturer of any instance of non-compliance with the relevant accreditation requirements listed in Articles 3 and 4, or the obligations set out in Article 9 within a reasonable time limit after the ECB has become aware of the instance of non-compliance.
An accredited manufacturer shall remedy any instance of non-compliance within a time limit agreed with the ECB in accordance with Article 13(3).