Decision of the European Central Bank of 15 May 2008 on security accreditation procedures for manufacturers of euro secure items for euro banknotes (ECB/2008/3) (2008/402/EC) (repealed)

Article 9 Procedure for follow-up security inspections

1. The ECB shall carry out follow-up security inspections of accredited manufacturing sites following the grant of full or temporary security accreditation to a manufacturer.

2. Such follow-up security inspections may be carried out with or without notice. They shall be carried out on working days between 8:00 and 18:00 local time, unless a different time has been agreed with the manufacturer. In the case of inspections with notice, the ECB shall notify the manufacturer of the timing of the inspection and submit a pre-inspection questionnaire to the manufacturer at least 30 ECB working days before the inspection. The manufacturer shall fill in and return such questionnaire to the ECB at least 10 ECB working days before the inspection.

3. Article 6(2) to (4) and all of Article 6(5) except subparagraph (e) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to such follow-up security inspections. In addition, the security inspection team’s report shall contain details of the security inspection team’s assessment of whether full or temporary security accreditation should continue to apply, or whether the ECB should take any of the decisions referred to in Articles 12 to 14. If the security inspection team considers that Article 15 should apply, its report shall state the reasons for this as shall the letter from the ECB referred to in Article 6(4). The security inspection team’s proposals in relation to such measures shall be proportionate to the seriousness of the instance of non-compliance.

4. A draft report shall be sent to the manufacturer within 30 ECB working days from the date of completion of the follow-up security inspection. The manufacturer shall have 15 ECB working days from receipt of the draft report to provide its comments on such report. The ECB shall finalise the report before informing the manufacturer of the outcome of the follow-up security inspection pursuant to Article 10, taking into account the manufacturer’s comments.