{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-637/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-637/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2020/637",
  "legislation_title": "Decision (EU) 2020/637 of the European Central Bank of 27 April 2020 on accreditation procedures for manufacturers of euro secure items and euro items (ECB/2020/24) (recast)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-637",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Instances of non-compliance",
  "text": "1. Each of the following acts of an accredited manufacturer shall constitute an instance of non-compliance:\n(a) failure to meet any of the accreditation requirements listed in Article 3(1);\n(b) with regard to previously identified instances of non-compliance, failure to implement improvements within the time limits as agreed with the ECB;\n(c) failure to meet any of the obligations listed in Article 9;\n(d) refusal to grant the ECB immediate access to the manufacturing site or to any documents which the ECB considers necessary to the inspection;\n(e) a discrepancy in the records of euro secure items connected to an infringement of the security requirements by the accredited manufacturer;\n(f) 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;\n(g) any breach of its obligation to respect the confidentiality classification of any document related to this Decision.\n2. 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.\n3. An accredited manufacturer shall remedy any instance of non-compliance within a time limit agreed with the ECB in accordance with Article 13(3).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/637/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:16.485536+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}