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I think this is a common misinterpretation though because of the lanauge - that the maximum fine is actually the minimum, because the figures that are talked about are "€20m or 4% of global turnover, whichever is the greatest." It's the emphasis on "the greatest" that has an undercurrent of "we're going to fine you the maximum of these two numbers."

>>frereu+(OP)
I'm not sure what you mean by "actually the minimum". They will find you the maximum of those two numbers, at most, if you flagrantly disregard the law.

>>Stavro+Q3
Yeah, this is the confusion - it's difficult to write it out in a way that isn't ambiguous! I think the fact that there are two numbers, the higher of which is the maximum fine, may imply to some people that the lower figure is the minimum - i.e. if 4% of your global turnover is €100m then €20m is the minimum - but of course there in fact isn't a minimum. It might have helped comprehension if there had been an arbitrary minimum figure - say €100 - to anchor the discussions.

>>frereu+q6
Ah, I see what you mean now. That's not how I understood it, but some people might.

>>frereu+q6
The problem with that is that it would introduce a minimum fine, where currently there doesn't need to be a fine at all (if you coöperate).