Fines against cartels are growing in severity across countries.

Eight of them paid fines exceeding 50,000.

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

Administrative fines against businesses are the most common.

I've paid parking fines a number of times myself.

In a few cases, very large fines as high as EUR 96,000,000 were reported.

In 2004, some of the largest fines were paid by the companies listed below

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.

Some case descriptions made no mention of fines or sanctions.

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.

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

In particular, in cartel cases they may be reluctant to uphold large fines assessed by the competition agency.

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

The decrease in the number of fines imposed by OFAC on institutions in the first quarter of 2005 compared to the 45 imposed during the same period in 2004 is not the result of a loosening of the embargo but of terrorism and its adverse impact on business with Cuba.

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

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

The fines assessed just for violating the embargo against Cuba amounted to 1,262,000.

In 2004, OFAC imposed fines on 316 United States citizens and residents for violation of several of the embargo's provisions.

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

Fines totalling SKK 2,053,300 (EUR 51,332) were imposed on the 48 breeders who supported the agreement.

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.

Violations of regulations relating to the import regime are subject to penalties in the form of fines, cancellation of licenses or, in serious cases, also imprisonment.

In the first four months of 2005, 307 fines had already been imposed, or nearly half the number as in the previous year as a whole.

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

As in the case of undeclared cross border cash transactions, penalties ranged from fines and or seizure and confiscation of the instruments to imprisonment.

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

A similar case involving bid rigging in tenders for the construction of waste management systems was resolved in the same way, with voluntary confessions and reduced fines.

Furthermore, legal persons can, depending on the circumstances, be held liable in accordance with the rules on corporate fines in Chapter 36, Section 7 of the Penal Code.

Furthermore, legal persons can, depending on the circumstances, be held liable in accordance with the rules on corporate fines in Chapter 36, Section 7 of the Penal Code.

The respondents were fined a total of US 107 million, more than three times the highest fines assessed by the Argentine authority in any previous case.

Third, such fines are, in any case, paid by the companies shareholders, not by their executives or board members (all of whom carry insurance). In the rare cases in which fines have been levied on individuals, either their insurance policies picked up most of the bill, or the penalties were trivial relative to the cash compensation that they received while committing their crimes or both.

Therefore, Kemira, which reported itself to the authority, will be exempt from paying any fines, which would have been above 1billionHUF.

While this does not necessarily mean that none were imposed, it is probably safe to say that in most of these cases the fines were small or nonexistent.

It is reported that civilians refusing to acquiesce to the demands of the Government forces are subjected to fines and physical punishment.

The Greek authorities have tightened control over free camping and are already imposing serious fines on anyone who is caught resting in a place not intended for the purpose.

As the case, in 2003, was the first in which a party had confessed, the fines assessed on the companies were significantly reduced so as to encourage future cartel operators to cooperate.

Indeed, concerning high risk drugs, dangerous drugs or precursors, there are prison sentences ranging from 1 to 20 years and fines from 100,000 to 5 million CFA francs in cases of

Those actions should result in

That's a result. It's always a result.

As a result, artificial prices could result.

Secondly, with regard to enforcement, we are instituting strict penalties for violators of traffic laws. They include fines, the suspension or revocation of driver's licenses and imprisonment.

The Bill also innovates prohibiting the imposition of penalties restrictive of right to monetary contributions, such as the obligation of giving out basic food baskets, and fines.

As a result, déclassé consumption is in.