Sanctions year-end closing

See below for a summary of year-end infringements and the possible associated sanctions.

Infringement	Sanction	Sanction amount	Commencement date
No emissions report by 1 April	Periodic penalty payments	€500 - €4,500 euro per day	1 April
No emissions report by 1 April	Administrative fine	€10.000 - €450,000 euro¹	1 April
Not enough allowances surrendered by 1 May	Administrative fine	€100² per allowance not surrendered + obligation to compensate next year	1 October

¹ If the company's turnover is over €4,500,000, the maximum fine will be equal to 10% of the turnover.

² Starting from the 2013 emissions year, the amount will be indexed according to the European consumer price index.

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