Dutch Legislation

Chapter II

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Decisions imposing a financial sanction

Mutual Recognition of Financial Penalties Act (Wet wederzijdse erkenning en tenuitvoerlegging geldelijke sancties en beslissingen tot confiscatie) · Articles: 13

Section 1

Recognition and enforcement of foreign decisions imposing a financial penalty

11 Article 11

A decision eligible for recognition, containing a financial penalty, shall be recognised and enforced in accordance with the provisions of Articles…

12 Article 12

In the event that the decision containing the financial penalty provides for the payment of a fine that exceeds the statutory maximum penalty…

13 Article 13

The public prosecutor shall refuse the recognition and enforcement of the decision imposing a financial penalty if:

13a Article 13a

The public prosecutor shall refuse the recognition and enforcement of the decision imposing a financial penalty if it appears from the certificate…

14 Article 14

The public prosecutor may refuse the recognition and enforcement of a decision imposing a financial penalty if:

14a Article 14a

If the public prosecutor refuses the enforcement of the financial penalty on the basis of one of the grounds referred to in Articles 13, 13a and 14…

15 Article 15

The convicted person may oppose the recovery. Article 6:4:5, paragraph 3, of the Code of Criminal Procedure applies, with the proviso that the notice…

16 Article 16

If the financial penalty has been imposed by a judicial decision which also imposed a sanction involving substitute detention, the court may, upon…

Section 2

Recognition and enforcement of Dutch decisions imposing a financial penalty

17 Article 17

Our Minister shall send the decision, accompanied by a completed certificate drawn up in accordance with the model established by order in council…

18 Article 18

The right to enforcement in the Netherlands of the decision transmitted to the executing Member State shall be suspended during the period in which…

19 Article 19

If, after the transmission of a decision to the executing Member State, a sum of money has been received in satisfaction of the amount due, the…

20 Article 20

In the event that the decision transmitted to the executing state concerns the payment of a sum of money to the state for the benefit of the victim…

21 Article 21

If the public prosecutor or Our Minister decides that the enforcement of the decision in the executing Member State must be discontinued, the…