Recital 13

(13)With regard to penalties, Member States should lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of provisions in their national legislation adopted pursuant to this Directive and should take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties that are provided for should be effective, proportionate and dissuasive, in line with Article 24(1) of Directive 2011/83/EU. This Directive should also include specific provisions on the imposition of penalties in accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council ⁶ for distance contracts concluded between a trader and a consumer for the supply of financial services. The other provisions on penalties set out in Article 24(2) to (5) of Directive 2011/83/EU do not apply to distance contracts concluded between a trader and a consumer for the supply of financial services.