Compliance with the obligations imposed under this Regulation should be enforceable by means of fines and periodic penalty payments. To that end, appropriate levels of fines for non-compliance with information requests, the obligations stemming from a priority-rated request and the notification obligation applying where an economic operator established in the Union is subject to a prioritisation measure of a third country should be laid down, taking into account the different levels of gravity of the non-compliance between both obligations, and with different ceilings for SMEs. Furthermore, periodic penalty payments should be laid down for non-compliance with the obligation to accept and perform priority-rated orders, and should be proportionate, with different ceilings for SMEs. Limitation periods should apply for the impositions of fines and periodic penalty payments, in addition to limitation periods for the enforcement of penalties. In addition, the Commission should give the economic operators concerned the right to be heard.
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