Article 13i Nature, enforcement and allocation of periodic penalty payments
1. Periodic penalty payments imposed pursuant to Article 13g shall be of an administrative nature.
2. Periodic penalty payments imposed pursuant to Article 13g shall be enforceable.
Enforcement shall be governed by the applicable national procedural rules of the Member States concerned.
The order for its enforcement shall be appended to the Agency's decision without any other formality than verification of the authenticity of the decision by the national authority which the government of each Member State shall designate for that purpose and which it shall make known to the Agency and to the Court of Justice.
When the designated national authority has completed the formalities referred to in the third subparagraph, upon application by the Agency, the Agency may proceed to enforcement in accordance with the applicable national law, by bringing the matter directly before the designated national authority.