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If a non-conformance is identified during an inspection, then the inspectors impose a penalty. In 2001 CAFIA imposed 2,453 penalties in Administrative Procedures in the total amount of CZK 28,678,000. When determining the amount of a penalty, it is necessary to take into account the weight, process, and length of duration and consequences of illegal acts.

The main reason for imposing a penalty in the Administrative Procedure was mainly the non-compliance with legal provisions (the number of cases, when the non-compliance with a relevant regulation was a reason for imposing a penalty, is specified in brackets):

• § Section 11, par. 1, letter d) of the Food Law (950),
• § Section 10, par. 1, letter c) of the Food Law (763),
• § Section 6 of the Food Law (750),
• § Section 10, par. 1, letter a) of the Food Law (606),
• § Section 10, par. 1, letter b) of the Food Law (542),
• § Section 11, par. 1, letter c) of the Food Law (470),
• § Section 68 of the Food Law (465),
• § Section 11, par. 2, letter c) of the Food Law (368),
• § Section 11, par. 2, letter a) of the Food Law (344),
• § Section 11, letter h), point 2 of the Act on Viticulture and Wine Production (196)

If multiple non-compliance with different legal provisions are identified during an inspection, the penalty is imposed in summary for all the non-compliances detected. The number of penalties imposed is lower than the number of identified non-compliances with rules and regulations.

Bans create another form of sanctions. In 2001, the bans inflicted on food and tobacco products reached the amount of CZK 29,531,000. The share of non-compliances identified in production amounted to CZK 11,088,000, and those in retail trade network - imported food reached the value of CZK 11,933,000 and food of domestic origin the value of CZK 6,510,000.

From the perspective of commodities, the highest amounts of bans were imposed on liquors (CZK 6,199,000), processed fruit and vegetables (CZK 3,379,000), wine (CZK 2,711,000) and food for special dietary uses (CZK 2,319,000).