Article 3 — General obligations

1. Economic operators, EU carriers and non-EU carriers shall ensure that losses are avoided. Where losses occur, economic operators, EU carriers and non-EU carriers shall take immediate action to contain and clean up those losses in accordance with environmentally sustainable practices. 2. Economic operators shall notify the competent authorities of the Member State about each installation located in that Member State which they operate or control, or, where applicable, for which they have been delegated decisive economic power over its technical functioning. For each installation notified, they shall specify whether the installation handles plastic pellets in quantities below, or equal to or above, a threshold of 1500 tonnes per year. Before the transport of plastic pellets in the Union for the first time, EU carriers or authorised representatives referred to in Article 4, as applicable, shall notify the competent authorities of the Member State in which the EU carrier or the authorised representative is established about their involvement in the transport of plastic pellets within the Union and the means of transport used. 3. Economic operators, EU carriers and authorised representatives shall notify the competent authorities referred to in paragraph 2 of any significant change in what was previously notified in accordance with paragraph 2 regarding the concerned installations and activities related to handling and transporting plastic pellets, including any closure of an existing installation, cessation of transport activities or where they are no longer subject to this Regulation, and any changes in the quantities of plastic pellets handled that are relevant for the application of the obligations associated with the thresholds.