9

Article 30 of that regulation, headed ‘Administrative sanctions and other administrative measures’, provides: ‘1. Without prejudice to any criminal sanctions and without prejudice to the supervisory powers of competent authorities under Article 23, Member States shall, in accordance with national law, provide for competent authorities to have the power to take appropriate administrative sanctions and other administrative measures in relation to at least the following infringements: (a) infringements of Articles 14 and 15 … and (b) failure to cooperate or to comply with an investigation, with an inspection or with a request as referred to in Article 23(2). Member States may decide not to lay down rules for administrative sanctions as referred to in the first subparagraph where the infringements referred to in point (a) or point (b) of that subparagraph are already subject to criminal sanctions in their national law by 3 July 2016. Where they so decide, Member States shall notify, in detail, to the Commission and to [the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)], the relevant parts of their criminal law. … 2. Member States shall, in accordance with national law, ensure that competent authorities have the power to impose at least the following administrative sanctions and to take at least the following administrative measures in the event of the infringements referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1: (a) an order requiring the person responsible for the infringement to cease the conduct and to desist from a repetition of that conduct; (b) the disgorgement of the profits gained or losses avoided due to the infringement insofar as they can be determined; (c) a public warning which indicates the person responsible for the infringement and the nature of the infringement; (d) withdrawal or suspension of the authorisation of an investment firm; (e) a temporary ban of a person discharging managerial responsibilities within an investment firm or any other natural person, who is held responsible for the infringement, from exercising management functions in investment firms; (f) in the event of repeated infringements of Article 14 or 15, a permanent ban of any person discharging managerial responsibilities within an investment firm or any other natural person who is held responsible for the infringement, from exercising management functions in investment firms; (g) a temporary ban of a person discharging managerial responsibilities within an investment firm or another natural person who is held responsible for the infringement, from dealing on own account; (h) maximum administrative pecuniary sanctions of at least three times the amount of the profits gained or losses avoided because of the infringement, where those can be determined; (i) in respect of a natural person, maximum administrative pecuniary sanctions of at least: (i) for infringements of Articles 14 and 15, EUR 5000000 or in the Member States whose currency is not the euro, the corresponding value in the national currency on 2 July 2014; … References to the competent authority in this paragraph are without prejudice to the ability of the competent authority to exercise its functions in any ways referred to in Article 23(1). … 3. Member States may provide that competent authorities have powers in addition to those referred to in paragraph 2 and may provide for higher levels of sanctions than those established in that paragraph.’