Sanctions can take several forms, including administrative fines against businesses and natural persons criminal sanctions, including fines and imprisonment and recovery of compensatory damages by victims of a cartel.

Some case descriptions made no mention of fines or sanctions.

The competition law may not provide for sufficiently large fines or other sanctions.

As regards sanctions, fines were most frequently reported either as criminal sanctions (e.g. Afghanistan, Cyprus, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland (signatory) or as civil or administrative sanctions (e.g. Greece and Germany (both signatories)).

The provisions foresee sanctions such as fines and dissolution, the fines measured in days, ranging from a minimum of 100 to a maximum of 1000, with an amount between 5 and 5000 Euros per day.

Not fines.

Fines, fees and charges 111.4 132.4

Fines, fees and charges 170.6 131.5

If sanctions, which are usually in the form of fines, are not significant, they become merely a cost of doing business for the cartel.

If they face personal sanctions, whether imprisonment (in a minority of countries) or large fines, they have additional reasons not to participate in cartel activity.

Charges were laid and fines totalling R 46.300 were imposed.

Eight of them paid fines exceeding 50,000.

Penalties arising from violations can be as high as 1 million in fines for corporations and 250,000 in fines and up to 10 years in prison for individuals.

Fines range from 75 to 200 Australian dollars.

Fines totalling CZK 313,000,000 (EUR 10,000,000) were imposed.

Administrative fines against businesses are the most common.

The taxi operators voluntarily abandoned the agreement, and no fines were assessed.

Fines against cartels are growing in severity across countries.

The Office for Standardisation, Metrology and Testing is also authorised to impose fines.

The Division conducted 477 investigations involving unlawful advertisement and levied 228 administrative fines.

The policy is enforced at the provincial level through fines.

Fines imposed under that heading amounted to 3.739 million pesos.

The number had reached 537 fines by 12 October 2005.

Violators could face astronomical fines of up to 545,000 USD and possible jail time.

The prosecution's leverage had dramatically increased, as did Swartz's potential jail time and fines.

Sanctions and Solidarity

Punishment generally takes the form of public rebukes, fines or labour.

Fines of several tens of thousands of francs are not uncommon.

Truancy can result in fines or even jail time for parents.

Some Muslims do not fast ... prison time and fines await those who eat in public.

Violations of this Law are punishable with high fines and imprisonment (1 to 8 years).

Diplomats should respect regulations and pay fines, which was the policy of the United Kingdom.

Such sanctions may include monetary sanctions.

Prosecution, adjudication and sanctions

Notification, sanctions and consequences

Non compensation of salary during childbirth leave is a serious offence and is subject to fines.

Irresponsible road users in Singapore face fines, the suspension of driving privileges and even jail terms.

Procedures should be instituted to ensure enforcement of reparation orders and payment of reparation before fines.

These penalties include imprisonment up to five years and or fines up to 1 million drachmas.

Civil and criminal penalties, including significant fines and imprisonment, can be imposed for breaches of the WMD Act.

Sanctions

Sanctions

The Committee further encourages the State party to establish a wage enforcement mechanism that periodically adjusts minimum wages to the cost of living, facilitate the redress of wage claims, and take sanctions against employers who owe wages and overtime pay and impose fines and penalties on their workers.

Monitoring of sanctions implementation by sanctions committees and monitoring mechanisms, in accordance with relevant Council resolutions, can increase the effectiveness of sanctions.

Executive fines shall not be imposed, nor cruel, degrading or inhuman punishment inflicted.