CHAPTER XCOMMUNITY CONTROLS, PENALTIES AND CONTINGENCY PLANS

Article 61Penalties

Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify the Commission of those provisions by the date specified in the first subparagraph of Article 67(1) and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.