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.

Eight of them paid fines exceeding 50,000.

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.

Fines against cartels are growing in severity across countries.

The policy is enforced at the provincial level through fines.

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.

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

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 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.

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

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 difference is that administrative offenses are punished with fines, at most, not prison terms.

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

Literally meaning customary fines which can include custom materials such as mats, kava, chicken, pigs.

In 2004, a total of 77 companies, banking institutions and NGOs from various parts of the world were fined for actions considered to be in violation of the embargo. The fines assessed just for violating the embargo against Cuba amounted to 1,262,000.

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.

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

Fines are allotted, and at the end of the year, the money collected is given to charity.

When charges are not withdrawn, customary fines sometimes influence the prison sentence as the case below shows.

Meanwhile, the country s largest independent media group has been brought to heel by huge, politically motivated tax fines.

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

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

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

The application form also clearly states that the entry of any false statements will lead to imprisonment and heavy fines.

(g) The handling of confiscated property the administration of fines and the receiving and processing of security and bail payments

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

The application form clearly states that any false statements made by the applicant will be punishable by imprisonment and heavy fines.

In the US, Environmental Protection Agency fines can tax the local economy up to 30 years after the site has closed.

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

Submitting an incomplete tax return, for example, would be tax evasion and is handled through administrative measures, including severe fines if necessary.

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

Penalties for cannabis possession range from none (for example, the Netherlands and Portugal) to legal warnings, fines, and even life imprisonment (Southeast Asia).

If passed into law it would introduce jail sentences and fines for perpetrators of mob justice and the communities where the violence takes place.

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.

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.

In order to prevent sinners from getting caught in a debt trap, the fines could take the form of covered bonds collateralized with privatizable state assets.