Who is competent
Article 15 designates a minister per sector as the competent authority [1]. The supervision itself lies with the officials whom the competent authority designates [2]: the ILT for transport [6] [7], the RDI for postal and courier services and the management of ICT services [8] and the NVWA for food [9]. If an entity has been designated as a critical entity under the Wet weerbaarheid kritieke entiteiten, the competent authority under that act is also the competent authority under the Cbw [10].
Maximum fines for the company
- Essential entity, breach of the duty of care or the reporting duty: at most EUR 10 million or 2% of the company's worldwide annual turnover, whichever is higher [3]
- Important entity, the same breaches: at most EUR 7 million or 1.4% [4]
- Other breaches: at most EUR 1 million [3] [4]
Fine for members of the management body
A member of the management body who does not meet the knowledge, updating or certificate requirement can be fined at most EUR 25,000 [5].
Fine together with or after a warning
A fine on the entity is imposed together with or after a warning, or together with or after another measure, such as an instruction or an order subject to administrative enforcement [3] [4].