# 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), Article 12: Instances of non-compliance

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Each of the following acts of an accredited manufacturer shall constitute an instance of non-compliance:
(a) failure to meet any of the accreditation requirements listed in Article 3(1);
(b) with regard to previously identified instances of non-compliance, failure to implement improvements within the time limits as agreed with the ECB;
(c) failure to meet any of the obligations listed in Article 9;
(d) refusal to grant the ECB immediate access to the manufacturing site or to any documents which the ECB considers necessary to the inspection;
(e) a discrepancy in the records of euro secure items connected to an infringement of the security requirements by the accredited manufacturer;
(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;
(g) any breach of its obligation to respect the confidentiality classification of any document related to this Decision.
2. 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.
3. An accredited manufacturer shall remedy any instance of non-compliance within a time limit agreed with the ECB in accordance with Article 13(3).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/637/article/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-637/article-12
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