+Article 11 Competent authority
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Article 11 Competent authority

1. Overview

Summary	Regulation
Article 11 1.	Member States shall designate the competent authority(ies) responsible for fulfilling the duties provided for in this Directive.
Article 11 2.	The duty to establish which operator has caused the damage or the imminent threat of damage, to assess the significance of the damage and to determine which remedial measures should be taken with reference to Annex II shall rest with the competent authority. To that effect, the competent authority shall be entitled to require the relevant operator to carry out his own assessment and to supply any information and data necessary.
Article 11 3.	Member States shall ensure that the competent authority may empower or require third parties to carry out the necessary preventive or remedial measures.
Article 11 4.	Any decision taken pursuant to this Directive which imposes preventive or remedial measures shall state the exact grounds on which it is based. Such decision shall be notified forthwith to the operator concerned, who shall at the same time be informed of the legal remedies available to him under the laws in force in the Member State concerned and of the time-limits to which such remedies are subject.

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