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26.—(1) The appropriate Agency may suspend or cancel the accreditation of a reprocessor or exporter where it appears to it that—
(a)the person who is accredited has failed to comply with any of the conditions specified in or under Schedule 5; or
(b)the person who is accredited has knowingly or recklessly supplied false information in his application for accreditation made under regulation 24 or in connection with compliance with any of the conditions specified in or under Schedule 5.
(2) Where the appropriate Agency is no longer satisfied that the requirements of Article 6(2) of the Packaging Waste Directive are met in relation to one or more reprocessing sites located outside the European Community, the appropriate Agency shall cancel the accreditation of an exporter to the extent that it relates to that site or those sites.
(3) Where the appropriate Agency suspends or cancels an accreditation under paragraph (1) or cancels the accreditation of an exporter to the extent that it relates to a site or sites under paragraph (2), it shall serve on the reprocessor or exporter concerned written notice of—
(a)its decision to cancel or suspend (as the case may be) the accreditation;
(b)the reasons for the decision;
(c)the right of appeal under Part VI;
(d)the date when the cancellation or suspension will take effect, not being earlier than the date of receipt of the notice; and
(e)in the case of a suspension, the period of the suspension or any steps which are required to be taken in order to bring the suspension to an end.
(4) The accreditation of a reprocessor or exporter shall be deemed to be cancelled—
(a)on the date on which either of the following occurs—
(i)the person who is accredited ceases to be the holder of a relevant authorisation; or
(ii)the person who is accredited ceases to be a reprocessor or exporter; or
(b)in a case where the person who is accredited requests that his accreditation should be cancelled, with effect from the date for cancellation specified by that person.
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