Compliance Radar
Who was sanctioned, and for what?
Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 718 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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| Q3 2026 | 3 | €46,350 |
3 cases
22 Sep 2026 Audax Renovables, S.A. – Sucursal em PortugalPortugal: 22,000 EUR against Audax Renovables over missing gas reserves and hotline €22,000
On a total of 249 days, the Portuguese branch of the energy supplier failed to hold the mandatory natural gas security reserves, did not correctly show network charges on invoices, did not publish, or published late, mandatory information and its quality report, and failed to meet the standards for hotline waiting times. In a settlement procedure, the Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (Portuguese Energy Services Regulatory Authority, ERSE) set a fine of 44,000 EUR and reduced it to 22,000 EUR.
Security of supply and service obligations in the energy sector are sanctioned individually – a compliance calendar for reserves and reports helps.
- Authority / court
- Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (ERSE)
- Area of law
- Other
- Legal basis
- Regime Sancionatório do Setor Energético (RSSE), Art. 28, 29; Decreto-Lei n.º 62/2020, Art. 96; RRC; RQS
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Culpability
- negligent
- Mitigating circumstances
- Settlement (transação) with full admission, remediation of all infringements
- ERSE – Decisões sancionatórias: Processos n.º 47/2024 e 62/2025 – Audax Renovables, S.A. – Sucursal em Portugal Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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15 Sep 2026 Ministerstvo životního prostředí (Umweltministerium der Tschechischen Republik)Ministry of the Environment: 300,000 CZK over unresolved conflict of interest of an insurance broker €12,350
In an insurance tender in 2024 worth around 200 million CZK, the ministry had parts of the tender documents drawn up by a broker who could later receive commissions from the winning insurer. As the contracting authority took no measures against the conflict of interest, the Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže (Czech Office for the Protection of Competition, ÚOHS) imposed a final fine of 300,000 CZK.
External advisers who help draft tender documents must not benefit from the outcome – examine and document conflicts of interest before the tender.
Conflicts of interest of external advisers in procurement procedures
- Authority / court
- Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže (ÚOHS)
- Area of law
- Other
- Legal basis
- Gesetz über die Vergabe öffentlicher Aufträge (Pflicht zur Vermeidung von Interessenkonflikten)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Public sector
- Culpability
- negligent
- Published
- 15 Sep 2026
Original amount 300,000 CZK, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 Sep 2026.
- ÚOHS uložil pokutu 300 tisíc korun resortu životního prostředí kvůli neošetření možného střetu zájmů Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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6 Aug 2026 Capwatt Retail Gás PT, S.A.Portugal: 12,000 EUR against Capwatt over gas reserves and dispute resolution notice €12,000
In several months of 2023 and 2024, the gas supplier did not hold the natural gas security reserves and did not name the competent alternative dispute resolution bodies in customer contracts. The Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (Portuguese Energy Services Regulatory Authority, ERSE) accepted the settlement proposal, set a fine of 24,000 EUR and reduced it to 12,000 EUR.
Mandatory information in consumer contracts – for example on dispute resolution – belongs in a regularly reviewed contract template.
- Authority / court
- Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos (ERSE)
- Area of law
- Other
- Legal basis
- RSSE, Art. 29; Decreto-Lei n.º 62/2020, Art. 57, 96; Portaria n.º 59/2022; RRC Art. 22
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Energy and utilities
- Culpability
- negligent
- Mitigating circumstances
- Settlement with admission and remediation
- ERSE – Decisões sancionatórias: Processo n.º 50/2024 – Capwatt Retail Gás PT, S.A. Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link