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Council Directive 2004/82/ECShow full title

Council Directive 2004/82/EC of 29 April 2004 on the obligation of carriers to communicate passenger data

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Article 4Sanctions

1.Member States shall take the necessary measures to impose sanctions on carriers which, as a result of fault, have not transmitted data or have transmitted incomplete or false data. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that sanctions are dissuasive, effective and proportionate and that either:

(a)the maximum amount of such sanctions is not less than EUR 5 000, or than the equivalent national currency at the rate of exchange published in the Official Journal of the European Union on the day on which this Directive enters into force for each journey for which passenger data were not communicated or were communicated incorrectly; or

(b)the minimum amount of such sanctions is not less than EUR 3 000, or than the equivalent national currency at the rate of exchange published in the Official Journal of the European Union on the day on which this Directive enters into force for each journey for which passenger data were not communicated or were communicated incorrectly.

2.This Directive shall not prevent Member States from adopting or retaining, for carriers which infringe very seriously the obligations arising from the provisions of this Directive, other sanctions, such as immobilisation, seizure and confiscation of the means of transport, or temporary suspension or withdrawal of the operating licence.

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