Article 20 Recovery of costs by competent authorities

Member States may authorise their competent authorities to reclaim from the operators, downstream operators or traders the totality of the costs of their activities with respect to instances of non-compliance.

The costs referred to in paragraph 1 may include the costs of carrying out testing, of storage and of activities relating to the relevant products that are found to be non-compliant products and are subject to corrective action prior to the release of those relevant products for free circulation, their placing on the market or their export.