Article 8

1. Where the checks show that products do not meet the requirements of the rules, the Member State shall prohibit their entry or marketing and order their redispatch out of Community territory; it shall immediately inform the Commission and the other Member States that it has rejected the products, indicating the infringements found. 2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Member States may authorize the carrying out, under the conditions laid down by the competent authority, of one of the following operations: bringing the products into line with the requirements within a deadline to be determined, or - decontamination where appropriate, or - processing in any other suitable manner, or - use for other purposes, or - destruction of the products. Member States shall ensure that the operations listed in the first subparagraph do not give rise to any adverse effects on human and animal health or on the environment. 3. The costs incurred in the measures taken in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be borne by the authorization holder or his representative.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-13 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.