1.Member States shall lay down rules on sanctions against consignors, freight forwarders, contractors and sub-contractors for non-compliance with national provisions adopted pursuant to Article 1, where they knew, or, in the light of all relevant circumstances, ought to have known, that the transport services that they commissioned involved infringements of those provisions.
2.Member States shall lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to Article 1 and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non-discriminatory.