What are the consequences of cumulative fines if administrative fines are imposed on different companies within the same group?

What are the consequences of cumulative fines if administrative fines are imposed on different companies within the same group? 1000 667 SarisLaw

The cumulative effect resulting from fining different companies within the same group can affect the amount of the fine, according to a judgment of the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of 21 September 2016. An appeal on limited capacity to pay the fine does not succeed if, within the same group, the deficits of a subsidiary company are made up by another subsidiary company of sufficient means.

The full blog post is written in Dutch.

Date: 14 December 2016
ECLI: ECLI:NL:RVS:2016:2501
Author: Christien Saris