If, having heard the proprietor's case, the Member State, or its appropriate authorities, considers that the conditions of Article 17 have not been complied with, it shall notify the Commission of its refusal to grant the licence or to cause it to be granted.
Más md e, ar chás an tsealbhóra a éisteacht, go measfaidh an Ballstát, nó a údaráis iomchuí, nár comhlionadh coinníollacha Airteagal 17, cuirfidh sé in iúl don Choimisiún go ndiúltaíonn sé an ceadúnas a dheonú nó a chur faoi deara é a dheonú.