1. Mutual Recognition of Financial Penalties Dr. Christian Johnson Federal Office of Justice Bonn, Germany Expert Group meeting, Paris, 11. December 2015

2. Framework Decision 2005/214 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties  Financial penalties imposed by final decisions  Court or authority other than a court / criminal offences or infringements of the rule of law (administrative offences)  Double criminality: not to be verified in the case of list offences  List offences: „conduct which infringes road traffic regulations, including breaches of regulations pertaining to driving hours and rest periods and regulations on hazardous goods”  4 th indent: “This Framework Decision should also cover financial penalties imposed in respect of road traffic offences” Expert Group meeting, Paris, 11. December 2015

3. Germany 2011 – 05.11.2015  incoming cases: 36.394 2011: 2.869 / 2012: 6.103 / 2013: 9.496 / 2014: 9.395 2015 ( - 5 November): 8.531  outgoing cases: 20.675 2011: 1.802 / 2012: 4.035 / 2013: 4.410 / 2014: 5.596 2015 ( - 5 November): 4.832 Expert Group meeting, Paris, 11.December 2015

4. Incoming requests (2011-23.11.2015) Issuing StateNumber Netherlands35.692Spain24 Slovenia194Hungary10 Poland125Finland6 Belgium105Portugal6 Sweden67Latvia6 Austria49Lithuania5 United Kingdom47Czech Republic4 Romania32Bulgaria3 France25 Expert Group meeting, Paris, 11. December 2015

5. Road traffic offences (2011-2014 / incoming requests)  Yes: 27.471  No: 382 Total: 27.853 Expert Group meeting, Paris, 11. December 2015

6. Outgoing requests (2011-23.11.2015) Executing StateNumber Poland7.969Denmark300 Netherlands2.954Luxemburg261 Romania2.801Slowak Republic235 France1.295Slowenia182 Bulgaria 591Latvia176 Hungary 568Sweden169 Lithuania 476Portugal129 Czech Republic 472Estonia 75 Austria 465Croatia 55 Belgium 447Finland 42 Spain 433Malta, Cyprus 4 United Kingdom 380 Expert Group meeting, Paris, 11. December 2015

7. Road traffic offences (2011-2014 / outgoing requests)  Yes: 8.828  No: 6.861  Partial: 154 Total: 15.843 Expert Group meeting, Paris, 11. December 2015

8. Cases 2011 – 5.11.2015  incoming: - 1.381.912,71 € - 19.414 cases closed - Rate of successful execution: ~ 60%  outgoing: - 1.330.666,91 € - 10.528 cases closed - Rate of successful execution: ~ 38% Expert Group meeting, Paris, 11. December 2015

9. Cooperation under FD 2005/214  Competent authorities: central/decentralised  Translation of certificate  Subsequent communication  Information under Art. 14 / language regime  Voluntary payments Expert Group meeting, Paris, 11. December 2015

10. Meetings/Activities  Netherlands - Germany: yearly meetings in Leeuwarden and Bonn  Seminars for practitioners from Poland (October 2013) and from the Czech Republic (October 2014) in Berlin  Bilateral contacts with central authorities in Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Romania and England Expert Group meeting, Paris, 11. December 2015

11. Expert Group meeting, Paris, 11 December 2015 Thank you for your attention! Dr. Christian Johnson 0049 / 228 - 99 410 5300 christian.johnson@bfj.bund.de