A/74/969 10. A number of States indicated that their national laws provided for penalties for breaches of relevant regulations, ranging from fines to lengthy prison terms for offences committed with aggravating circumstances. 13 In its submission, Germany stated that penalties for wilful violations of the European anti-torture regulation included imprisonment for a term of up to five years, while the term could be increased to as much as 15 years for serious cases. Several States indicated that there had been no investigations, prosecutions or convictions for breaches of laws regulating trade in goods used for capital punishment, torture or other forms of ill treatment. 14 Other States indicated that they had no relevant information or did not collect such data. 15 __________________ 13 14 15 20-10185 subject to the prior approval of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of the Armed Forces, the Ministry of the Interior and, where relevant, the Ministry of Culture; in Germany, the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control; in Greece, t he Ministry of Development and Investments, Directorate for Trade Regimes and Defence Instruments; in Ireland, the Department of Business Enterprise and Innovation; in Italy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation – National Authority – Military Goods Licence Unit; in Latvia, the Division of Export Control of Strategic Goods of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the customs authority; in Lithuania, the Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior and the State Medicines Control Agency under the Ministry of Health; in Luxembourg, the Office for Export, Import and Transit Controls in the Ministry of the Economy; in Malta, the Commerce Department within the Ministry for the Economy, Investment and Small Business; in Mongolia, the General Customs Authority; in the Netherlands, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; in Norway, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; in Poland, the Ministry of Economic Development; in Romania, the Trade Policy Directorate, Ministry of the Economy, Energy and Busi ness Environment; in Serbia, the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications and the Ministry of Finance, Customs Administration; in Slovakia, the Ministry of the Economy; in Slovenia, the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology; in Spain, th e Secretariat of State for Trade in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism; in Sweden, the National Board of Trade; and in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Department for International Trade and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. In Croatia, in respect of Regulation (EU) 2019/125, there are fines for administrative breaches and imprisonment for a term of six months to five years for breaches such as circumvention of customs control or illicit trade under the Penal Code of the Republic of Croatia. In Estonia, the Penal Code provides for a pecuniary punishment or imprisonment for a term of up to five years. If committed by a group or committed at least twice, a breach is punishable by imprisonment for a term of 2 to 10 years. The carriage of prohibited strategic goods or the provision of services relating to prohibited strategic goods (section 421 2) is punishable by imprisonment for a term of 3 to 12 years. The same act, if committed by a group or committed at least tw ice, is punishable by imprisonment for a term of 5 to 20 years. In France, the penalty is a prison term of three years, a fine of between one and two times the value of the goods and confiscation of the goods, with heavier penalties if the offence is committed by an organized group. In Germany, penalties for wilful violations of Regulation (EU) 2019/125 include imprisonment for a term of up to 5 years, or up to 15 years in serious cases. Negligent violations can result in a fine of €500,000. Violations are investigated and prosecuted either by the public prosecutor’s office or, in the case of negligent violations, by the customs authorities. In Greece, violations of Regulation (EU) 2019/125 can result in either the cessation of business activity for up to on e year or a fine of up to €100,000. In Lithuania, breaches of Regulation (EU) 2019/125 are administrative offences; the penalty is a fine of up to €6,000, with confiscation of the goods. Penal sanctions consist of imprisonment for up to four years. In Slovakia, breaches of Regulation (EU) 2019/125 are a criminal or administrative offence. Penalties for violations of the regulation range from €16,560 to €33,120. Andorra, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Finland (provided information only on prosecutions and convictions), Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta (provided information only on prosecutions), Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (provided information relating to the period since 2010). Belgium indicated that there had been no prosecutions or investigations in 2019. Argentina, Austria, Belgium (with regard to investigations), Denmark, France, Finland (with regard to investigations), Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain. 5/13