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

This was due to the relative scarcity of technical expertise and financial resources in developing countries faced with arbitration proceedings, which were costly and could lead to enormous penalties payable by the State losing an arbitration.

I have one gram, five gram, 10 gram. How many gram do you want?

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

Officially, the visa allows them only to stay in the country, but in practice the state also allows the refugees to work and avoids imposing fines on the Israeli employers who employ them.

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.

WASHINGTON, DC Over the past eighteen months, oil prices have more than doubled, inflicting huge costs on the global economy.

In the first four months of 2005, five entities one bank, three companies and one NGO were fined by OFAC.

Alternatively, the possibility of large fines may exist but the competition agency, or a reviewing court, may have been unwilling to impose them, not understanding the importance of doing so.

The United States, in particular, put enormous pressure on Japan to take expansive policy measures to relieve the pressure on the international system.

I bought five grams. 10 dollars. 10 dollars! I said, What's in this?

Eight of them paid fines exceeding 50,000.

NII are authorised to issue enforcement notices and fine offenders.

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

Some case descriptions made no mention of fines or sanctions.

The costs can be high.

The political cost is high.

If Russia is allowed to continue imposing Moscow rules on Europe s energy supplies, the result will be costly not only for Europe, but for Russia as well.

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

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

The bottom line is that the costs of reform are affordable. The costs of complacency are not.

The same system (recently put in place in Australia as well) has often been used by less democratically inclined governments to suppress independent, vigorous journalism in Ecuador, for example, newspapers are regularly fined large sums for criticizing the government.

Creditors in cases like that of Argentina need to be made to pay a penalty.

Such an agency need not be expensive.

The costs here may also be large.

The economic and social costs become pervasive.

The competent supervisory authority has also the power to impose a fine on anyone who

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

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

It is hugely expensive.

The bottom line is that the costs of reform are affordable.

China s rapid growth has been achieved at extremely high cost.

Both resources and mobility are costly.

But the costs of moving into a non defaulting environment are high.

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

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

For it is precept on precept, precept on precept line on line, line on line here a little, there a little.

For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept line upon line, line upon line here a little, and there a little

The costs of complacency are not.

That sounds pricey and it is.

Starting on 1 May 2007, doctors involved in commercial trade of organs will face fines and suspensions in China.

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

The European Community is also studying the possibility of using the proceeds of anti trust fines levied by the Commission as an additional contribution to the development budget.

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.

Indeed, given that primary education was compulsory, families that prevented their children from attending school were fined.