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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 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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Who?
by company- Anonymised companies €962,820 43 % · 1 case
- Superior General Partner Inc. €836,690 37 % · 1 case
- Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd. €463,765 20 % · 1 case
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | €962,820 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2025 | 0 | – |
| 2026 | 2 | €1.3m |
3 cases
13 Jan 2026 Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd.Estee Lauder Cosmetics: 750,000 CAD fine for unreported PFAS in eyeliners €463,765
A routine inspection in 2023 found that the company was selling eyeliners containing the PFAS substance perfluorononyl dimethicone without submitting the required notification of a ‘significant new activity’; a subsequent compliance order was not complied with. The court imposed 750,000 CAD; the company must inform its shareholders and is listed in the Environmental Offenders Registry.
Product development and regulatory affairs must check new substances for notification requirements before market launch; regulatory orders must be implemented within the deadline.
Chemical notification and approval obligations for product launches
- Authority / court
- Ontario Court of Justice (Ermittlungen: Environment and Climate Change Canada)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances
- Legal basis
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (Significant New Activity, Compliance Order)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Published
- 2 Feb 2026
Original amount 750,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 13 Jan 2026.
- Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd. fined $750,000 for violating the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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7 Jan 2026 Superior General Partner Inc.Superior General Partner: 1.35 million CAD fine for sodium chlorite in river and late reporting €836,690
In 2019, as a result of an equipment defect, sodium chlorite entered the Rivière du Lièvre twelve times from the ERCO Mondial chemical plant in Gatineau; in the last incident, the authorities were only informed after five days. The company was fined 1.35 million CAD.
Reporting obligations for releases of substances apply immediately; those who wait for days incur additional liability.
Immediate reporting of environmental incidents to the authorities
- Authority / court
- Court of Québec (Ermittlungen: Environment and Climate Change Canada)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances
- Legal basis
- Fisheries Act (Einbringen schädlicher Stoffe; unterlassene sofortige Meldung)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Published
- 8 Jan 2026
Original amount 1,350,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 7 Jan 2026.
- Superior General Partner Inc. and one individual fined a total of $1,365,000 for violating the Fisheries Act Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 3 · Direct link
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24 Oct 2022 a Canadian cannabis producerCannabis producer: CAD 1.3 million over defective interim financial statements and weak controls €962,820
The Capital Markets Tribunal approved a settlement in which the cannabis producer admitted that interim financial statements had not been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting principles: in 2019 about CAD 7.6 million of revenue was recognised on wholesale transactions lacking commercial substance, and in the second quarter of 2021 an impairment of USD 234.9 million on goodwill and intangible assets was missing. The producer pays an administrative penalty of CAD 1,300,000 and investigation costs of CAD 40,000 (CAD 1,340,000 in total) and must have its internal control over financial reporting reviewed by an independent consultant and implement the consultant's recommendations.
Non-routine transactions and impairment tests need effective controls; otherwise restatements and sanctions by the securities regulator follow.
Internal control over financial reporting and revenue recognition
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Capital Markets Tribunal (Ontario) auf Antrag der Ontario Securities Commission
- Area of law
- Capital markets and financial supervision · Disclosure and reporting obligations
- Legal basis
- Securities Act (Ontario), RSO 1990, c S.5, s. 77 (Zwischenabschlüsse nach GAAP); Anordnungen nach s. 127(1) und s. 127.1
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Mitigating circumstances
- The company uncovered the errors itself following internal complaints from employees, reported them to the Commission before its internal investigation was complete, cooperated fully, restated the financial statements and improved its controls, training and accounting staffing.
- Published
- 24 Oct 2022
Original amount 1,300,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 24 Oct 2022.
- Capital Markets Tribunal, Verfahren (Übersicht) (Entscheidung 2022) Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Company name anonymised since 24 Oct 2024 · Direct link