Data & Privacy
- Data Act
- Data Governance Act
- ePrivacy Directive
- GDPR
AI & Trust
- Artificial Intelligence Act
Cybersecurity
- Cybersecurity Act
- DORA
- NIS2
Digital Services & Media
- Digital Markets Act
- Digital Services Act
- European Media Freedom Act
Directive on Measures for a High Common Level of Cybersecurity Across the Union
- Recitals
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONSArticles 1 — 6
CHAPTER II
COORDINATED CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORKSArticles 7 — 13
CHAPTER III
COOPERATION AT UNION AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELArticles 14 — 19
CHAPTER IV
CYBERSECURITY RISK-MANAGEMENT MEASURES AND REPORTING OBLIGATIONSArticles 20 — 25
CHAPTER V
JURISDICTION AND REGISTRATIONArticles 26 — 28
CHAPTER VI
INFORMATION SHARINGArticles 29 — 30
CHAPTER VII
SUPERVISION AND ENFORCEMENTArticles 31 — 37
CHAPTER VIII
DELEGATED AND IMPLEMENTING ACTSArticles 38 — 39
CHAPTER IX
FINAL PROVISIONSArticles 40 — 46
ANNEXES
NIS2 Article 36. Penalties
- Member States shall lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national measures adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall, by 17 January 2025, notify the Commission of those rules and of those measures and shall notify it, without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.
Relevant Recitals for this Article
Member States should be able to lay down the rules on criminal penalties for infringements of the national rules transposing this Directive. However, the imposition of criminal penalties for infringements of such national rules and of related administrative penalties should not lead to a breach of the principle of , as interpreted by the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Where this Directive does not harmonise administrative penalties or where necessary in other cases, for example in the event of a serious infringement of this Directive, Member States should implement a system which provides for effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties. The nature of such penalties and whether they are criminal or administrative should be determined by national law.