Article 8 3.

Where the legal system of the Member State does not provide for administrative penalties, this Article may be applied in such a manner that the penalties, including the fines referred to in paragraph 2, are initiated by the competent authority and imposed by competent national courts, while ensuring that those legal remedies are effective and have an equivalent effect to the administrative fines imposed by competent authorities. In any event, the penalties imposed in accordance with this paragraph shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and applied in accordance with the provisions of this Directive. The Member States concerned shall notify to the Commission by 6 July 2027 the provisions of their laws which they adopt pursuant to this paragraph and, without delay, any subsequent amendment to, or amendment affecting, those laws.