Where it is apparent that there is sufficient evidence to justify initiating proceedings, the Commission shall do so within 45 days of the date on which the complaint was lodged, or, in the case of initiation pursuant to paragraph 8, no later than 6 months from the time the sale of the vessel was known or should have been known, and shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.
I gcás inar léir go bhfuil go leor fianaise ann le go mbeidh údar le himeacht a thionscnamh, déanfaidh an Coimisiún é sin faoi cheann 45 lá ón dáta a cuireadh an gearán isteach, nó, i gcás tionscnaimh de bhun mhír 8, faoi cheann tréimhse nach faide ná sé mhí ón am ab eol nó ba cheart gurbh eol gur díoladh an soitheach, agus foilseoidh an Coimisiún fógra in Iris Oifigiúil an Aontais Eorpaigh.