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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-1905" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="19" subtitle_name="Toxics in Packaging">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To enforce the provisions of this subtitle, the Department may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notify a manufacturer that there are grounds for suspecting that a package or packaging component produced by the manufacturer may not be in compliance with the provisions of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Request the manufacturer to certify that the package or packaging component is in compliance, including by requesting the manufacturer’s certificate of compliance established under subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the manufacturer certifies that the package or packaging component is exempt under § 9–1903 of this subtitle, the manufacturer shall identify the specific basis on which the exemption is claimed.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A manufacturer that manufactures, sells, offers for sale, or distributes for use in the State a food package or food packaging component shall establish a certificate of compliance to attest that the food package or food packaging component is in compliance with the requirements of § 9–1902(d) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 30 days after a request by the Department, a manufacturer shall provide the certificate of compliance established under paragraph (1) of this subsection to the Department.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If the manufacturer fails to certify that the package or packaging component is in compliance or is exempt, the Department may seek an injunction under § 9–1906 of this subtitle to require the manufacturer to withdraw the package or packaging component in question from sale or promotional use within the State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
