Article 18 Penalties
1. The Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, dissuasive and proportionate, reflecting the nature, duration and seriousness of the infringement, the damage caused to consumers and the potential gains from trading on the basis of inside information and market manipulation.
Without prejudice to any criminal penalties and without prejudice to supervisory powers of national regulatory authorities under Article 13, Member States shall, in accordance with national law, provide for national regulatory authorities to have the power to adopt appropriate administrative fines and other administrative measures in relation to the breaches of this Regulation as referred to in Article 13(1).
The Member States shall notify, in detail, those provisions to the Commission and to the Agency and shall notify them without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting those provisions.