Article 16 Penalties

Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that such rules are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall notify these provisions to the Commission ►M2  ————— ◄ and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.

Áiritheoidh na Ballstáit go bhfoilseofar ainmneacha na n-oibreoirí, na n-oibreoirí aerárthaigh agus na gcuideachtaí loingseoireachta a dhéanann sárú ar na ceanglais i leith lamháltais leordhóthanacha a thabhairt suas faoin Treoir seo.

Member States shall ensure that any operator or aircraft operator who does not surrender sufficient allowances by ►M15  30 Meán Fómhair ◄ of each year to cover its emissions during the preceding year shall be held liable for the payment of an excess emissions penalty. The excess emissions penalty shall be EUR 100 for each tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent emitted for which the operator or aircraft operator has not surrendered allowances. Payment of the excess emissions penalty shall not release the operator or aircraft operator from the obligation to surrender an amount of allowances equal to those excess emissions when surrendering allowances in relation to the following calendar year.

Cuirfear na pionóis a leagtar amach i mír 3 i bhfeidhm freisin i leith cuideachtaí loingseoireachta.

The excess emissions penalty relating to allowances issued from 1 January 2013 onwards shall increase in accordance with the European index of consumer prices.

In the event that an aircraft operator fails to comply with the requirements of this Directive and where other enforcement measures have failed to ensure compliance, its administering Member State may request the Commission to decide on the imposition of an operating ban on the aircraft operator concerned.

Any request by an administering Member State under paragraph 5 shall include:

When requests such as those referred to in paragraph 5 are addressed to the Commission, the Commission shall inform the other Member States through their representatives on the Committee referred to in Article 23(1) in accordance with the Committee’s Rules of Procedure.

The adoption of a decision following a request pursuant to paragraph 5 shall be preceded, when appropriate and practicable, by consultations with the authorities responsible for regulatory oversight of the aircraft operator concerned. Whenever possible, consultations shall be held jointly by the Commission and the Member States.

When the Commission is considering whether to adopt a decision following a request pursuant to paragraph 5, it shall disclose to the aircraft operator concerned the essential facts and considerations which form the basis for such decision. The aircraft operator concerned shall be given an opportunity to submit written comments to the Commission within 10 working days from the date of disclosure.

At the request of a Member State, the Commission may, in accordance with the ►M9  nós imeachta scrúdúcháin dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 22a(2) ◄ , adopt a decision to impose an operating ban on the aircraft operator concerned.

Each Member State shall enforce, within its territory, any decisions adopted under paragraph 10. It shall inform the Commission of any measures taken to implement such decisions.

I gcás cuideachta loingseoireachta a mhainnigh na hoibleagáidí maidir le tabhairt suas a chomhlíonadh ar feadh dhá thréimhse tuairiscithe i ndiaidh a chéile nó níos mó, agus i gcás inar mhainnigh ag bearta forfheidhmiúcháin eile comhlíontadh a áirithiú, féadfaidh údarás inniúil Bhallstát an chalafoirt teacht isteach, tar éis dó an deis a thabhairt don chuideachta loingseoireachta lena mbaineann a barúlacha a thíolacadh, ordú díbeartha a eisiúint, a dtabharfar fógra ina leith don Choimisiún, don Ghníomhaireacht Eorpach um Shábháilteacht Mhuirí (EMSA), do na Ballstáit eile agus don Bhratstát lena mbaineann. De thoradh ordú díbeartha den sórt sin a eisiúint, diúltóidh gach Ballstát, cé is moite den Bhallstát a bhfuil a bhratach ar foluain ag an long, cead isteach in aon cheann dá chalafoirt do longa atá faoi fhreagracht na cuideachta loingseoireachta lena mbaineann go dtí go gcomhlíonfaidh an chuideachta loingseoireachta a hoibleagáidí tabhairt suas i gcomhréir le hAirteagal 12. I gcás ina bhfuil brat Ballstáit ar foluain ag an long agus ina dtagann sí isteach nó ina bhfaightear í i gcalafort dá chuid, coinneoidh an Ballstát lena mbaineann an long sin, i ndiaidh an deis a thabhairt don chuideachta loingseoireachta lena mbaineann a barúlacha a thíolacadh, go dtí go gcomhlíonfaidh an chuideachta loingseoireachta a hoibleagáidí tabhairt suas.

Glacfaidh an Coimisiún gníomhartha cur chun feidhme a bhaineann le rialacha mionsonraithe maidir leis na nósanna imeachta dá dtagraítear san Airteagal seo. Déanfar na gníomhartha cur chun feidhme sin a ghlacadh i gcomhréir leis an nós imeachta scrúdúcháin dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 22a(2).