Translation of "des sanctions plus " (French → English) :

A new penalty has been introduced, with total loss of the refund if a set percentage or number of animals is excluded from the refund payment (If over 5% of the animals or 10 animals which amount to 2% of the consignment die, give birth or abort during transport, or do not meet inspection requirements, then no export refund will be paid for the entire consignment. This new penalty supplements penalties already in place for animals that die or do not meet inspection requirements.)

(18) In addition to ensuring that the insurance undertaking has a representative in the State where the injured party resides, it is appropriate to guarantee the specific right of the injured party to have the claim settled promptly; it is therefore necessary to include in national law appropriate effective and systematic financial or equivalent administrative penalties - such as injunctions combined with administrative fines, reporting to supervisory authorities on a regular basis, on-the-spot checks, publications in the national official journal and in the press, suspension of the activities of the company (prohibition on the conclusion of new contracts for a certain period), designation of a special representative of the supervisory aut ...[+++]horities responsible for monitoring that the business is run in line with insurance laws, withdrawal of the authorisation for this business line, sanctions to be imposed on directors and management staff - in the event that the insurance undertaking or its representative fails to fulfil its obligation to make an offer of compensation within a reasonable time-limit; this should not prejudice the application of any other measure - especially under supervisory law - which may be considered appropriate; however, it is a condition that liability and the damage and injury sustained should not be in dispute, so that the insurance undertaking is able to make a reasoned offer within the prescribed time-limit; the reasoned offer of compensation should be in writing and contain the grounds on the basis of which liability and damages have been assessed.

Whereas there is a relationship between effective control arrangements and the sanctions applicable in cases where a breach of the regulations comes to light; whereas the present arrangements concerning sanctions should be stiffened and supplemented in order to produce a greater deterrent effect, having regard to the specific characteristics of the common organization of the market in olive oil; whereas, accordingly, Member States should apply a system of sanctions in cases where discrepancies in connection with the production aid scheme come to light; whereas, in order to ensure that the sanctions in question are applied properly and ...[+++] in a uniform manner, certain specific cases should be defined in which sanctions are applicable,

The sanction may be less severe, but a sanction still applies, one that, in some cases, can have the same impact as a criminal sanction and entail even greater discrimination: a young or disadvantaged person unable to pay the fine faces a far greater risk of ending up in prison than an adult or socially secure individual.

Today the Commission adopted two proposals for instruments to reinforce the protection of the Community's financial interests by a tougher penalties system.

Mr Schmidhuber, the Commission Member responsible for anti-fraud measures, said: "To counter fraud against the Community budget more effectively, it is not enough to improve detection arrangements; we need a coherent and effective scheme of measures to penalize frauds once they are detected and deter future fraudsters.