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Article 63 - Sanctions for infringements

Article 63

Sanctions for infringements

1.  

This Article shall apply to the following provisions of this Regulation:

(a) 

provision of services set out in Sections A, B and C of the Annex in infringement of Articles 16, 25 and 54;

(b) 

obtaining the authorisations required under Articles 16 and 54 by making false statements or by any other unlawful means as provided for in point (b) of Article 20(1) and point (b) of Article 57(1);

(c) 

failure of CSDs to hold the required capital, thus infringing Article 47(1);

(d) 

failure of CSDs to comply with the organisational requirements, thus infringing Articles 26 to 30;

(e) 

failure of CSDs to comply with the conduct of business rules, thus infringing Articles 32 to 35;

(f) 

failure of CSDs to comply with the requirements for CSD services, thus infringing Articles 37 to 41;

(g) 

failure of CSDs to comply with the prudential requirements, thus infringing Articles 43 to 47;

(h) 

failure of CSDs to comply with the requirements for CSD links, thus infringing Article 48;

(i) 

abusive refusals by CSDs to grant different types of access, thus infringing Articles 49 to 53;

(j) 

failure of designated credit institutions to comply with the specific prudential requirements related to credit risks, thus infringing Article 59(3);

(k) 

failure of designated credit institutions to comply with specific prudential requirements related to liquidity risks, thus infringing Article 59(4).

2.  

Without prejudice to the supervisory powers of competent authorities, at least in the event of an infringement referred to in this Article, the competent authorities shall, in conformity with national law, have the power to impose at least the following administrative sanctions and other measures:

(a) 

a public statement which indicates the person responsible for the infringement and the nature of the infringement in accordance with Article 62;

(b) 

an order requiring the person responsible for the infringement to cease the conduct and to desist from a repetition of that conduct;

(c) 

withdrawal of the authorisations granted under Article 16 or 54, in accordance with Article 20 or 57;

(d) 

a temporary or, for repeated serious infringements, a permanent ban against any member of the institution’s management body or any other natural person, who is held responsible, from exercising management functions in the institution;

(e) 

maximum administrative pecuniary sanctions of at least twice the amounts of the profit gained as a result of an infringement where those amounts can be determined;

(f) 

in respect of a natural person, maximum administrative pecuniary sanctions of at least EUR 5 million or in the Member States whose currency is not the euro, the corresponding value in the national currency on the date of adoption of this Regulation;

(g) 

in the case of a legal person, maximum administrative pecuniary sanctions of at least EUR 20 million or up to 10 % of the total annual turnover of the legal person according to the last available accounts approved by the management body; where the legal person is a parent undertaking or a subsidiary of the parent undertaking which has to prepare consolidated financial accounts according to Directive 2013/34/EU, the relevant total annual turnover shall be the total annual turnover or the corresponding type of income according to the relevant Accounting Directives according to the last available consolidated accounts approved by the management body of the ultimate parent undertaking.

3.  
Competent authorities may have other sanctioning powers in addition to those referred in paragraph 2 and may provide for higher levels of administrative pecuniary sanctions than those established in that paragraph.