belgiquelex.be - Carrefour Bank of Legislation 4 MARCH 2016. - An Act to amend, with respect to administrative fines, the Act of 17 January 2003 relating to the status of the regulator of the Belgian postal and telecommunications sectors (1)
PHILIPPE, King of the Belgians,
To all, present and to come, Hi.
The Chambers adopted and We sanction the following:
Article 1
er. This Act regulates a matter referred to in Article 74 of the Constitution.
Art. 2. Article 21, § 5, paragraph 1
er, 2°, of the Act of 17 January 2003 relating to the status of the regulator of the postal and telecommunications sectors, the following amendments are made:
1° the words "maximal of 5,000 euros for physical persons and" are inserted between the words "to the benefit of the public treasury of an amount" and the words "to the maximum 5% of the turnover of the offender";
2° the words "5,000 euros" are replaced by the words "1.000.000 euros for legal persons".
Art. 3. This Act may be referred to as the "Law on Administrative Fines of Legal Persons".
Promulgate this law, order that it be clothed with the seal of the State and published by the Belgian Monitor.
Give Brussels on 4 March 2016.
PHILIPPE
By the King:
Minister for Development Cooperation,
the Digital Agenda and Telecommunications,
A. DE CROO
Seal of the state seal:
Minister of Justice,
K. GEENS
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Note
(1) House of Representatives (www.lachambre.be):
House of Representatives documents: 54-1002.
Full report: February 18, 2016.