1.The Member State which has approved the SA shall immediately withdraw the approval:
if the SA does no longer comply with the conditions for approval set out in Annex VIII, Chapter I, or
if the SA has repeatedly and systematically issued false certificates. In this case the sanction provided for in Article 20 shall not apply.
2.The withdrawal shall be total or limited to certain parts or activities of the SA according to the nature of the shortcomings detected.
3.Whenever an approval is withdrawn by a Member State from an SA belonging to a group of companies, Member States which have approved SAs belonging to the same group, shall suspend the approvals of these SAs for a period not exceeding three months in order to carry out the necessary investigations to verify whether the SAs also feature the shortcomings detected in relation to the SA whose approval has been withdrawn.
For the application of the first subparagraph, a group of companies shall comprise all companies whose capital is owned, directly or indirectly, for more than 50 % by one single parent company, as well as the parent company itself.