Administrative fines should take into account factors such as any identified financial benefit resulting from the infringement, the gravity and duration of the infringement, any aggravating or mitigating factors, the need for administrative fines to have a deterrent effect and, where appropriate, include a discount for cooperation with the competent authority.
Ba cheart a chur san áireamh i bhfíneálacha riaracháin tosca amhail aon tairbhe airgeadais shonraithe de thoradh an tsáraithe, tromaíocht agus fad an tsáraithe, aon tosca géaraitheacha nó maolaitheacha, an gá atá le fíneálacha éifeacht bhactha a bheith acu agus, i gcás inarb iomchuí, ba cheart go n-áireofaí leo lascaine ar chomhar leis an údarás inniúil.