S.L. 418.5 Art. 13Administrative penalties.

Any administrative penalties that the Authority or a competent authority, as the case may be, may decide to impose in accordance with its powers at law for any infringement of any of the provisions of the Digital Services Act which it enforces, shall not exceed for each infringement:

(a) six per cent (6%) of the annual worldwide turnover of the provider of intermediary services concerned in the preceding financial year:

Provided that where the infringement relates to the supply of incorrect, incomplete or misleading information, failure to reply or rectify incorrect, incomplete or misleading information and failure to submit to an inspection, the administrative penalty that may be imposed shall not exceed one per cent (1%) of the annual income or worldwide turnover of the provider of intermediary services or person concerned in the preceding financial year; and

(b) in the case of a periodic administrative penalty payment, five per cent (5%) of the average daily worldwide turnover or income of the provider of intermediary services concerned in the preceding financial year per day, calculated from the date specified in the decision concerned.