When deciding on the exclusion or the imposition of a financial penalty and on the publication thereof or on the rejection of an economic operator, the contracting authority should ensure compliance with the principle of proportionality by taking into account in particular the seriousness of the situation, its budgetary impact, the time which has elapsed since the relevant conduct, its duration and its recurrence, the intention or degree of negligence and the degree of collaboration of the economic operator with the relevant competent authority and its contribution to the investigation.
Nuair a bheidh cinneadh á dhéanamh maidir le heisiamh nó maidir le pionós airgeadais a fhorchur agus maidir leis an méid sin a fhoilsiú nó maidir le diúltú d'oibreoir eacnamaíoch, ba cheart don údarás conarthach a áirithiú go gcomhlíonfar prionsabal na comhréireachta trí aird a thabhairt go háirithe ar thromchúis an cháis, ar an tionchar buiséadach a bheidh aige, ar an méid ama a d'imigh thart ó rinneadh an t-iompar ábhartha, ar ré an iompair agus ar atarlú an iompair, ar rún a bheith ann i dtaobh na faillí nó ar mhéid na faillí agus ar an méid a chomhoibrigh an t-oibreoir eacnamaíoch i dtaca leis an údarás ábhartha inniúil agus ar a rannchuidiú leis an imscrúdú.