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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-658/article-26",
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  "legislation": "eur/2007/658",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 658/2007 of 14 June 2007 concerning financial penalties for infringement of certain obligations in connection with marketing authorisations granted under Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-658",
  "path": "article/26",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Limitation periods for the collection of financial penalties",
  "text": "1. The right to start a recovery procedure shall expire one year after the decision pursuant to Article 16 or Article 19 has become final.\n2. The limitation period for the recovery of financial penalties shall be interrupted by any action of the Commission or of a Member State, acting at the request of the Commission, designed to enforce payment of the penalty.\n3. Each interruption shall start time running afresh.\n4. The limitation period for the recovery of financial penalties shall be suspended for so long as:\n(a) time to pay is allowed;\n(b) enforcement of payment is suspended pursuant to a decision of the Court of Justice of the European Communities.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/658/article/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:54.256207+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."
}