# Regulation (EC) No 1931/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 laying down rules on local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States and amending the provisions of the Schengen Convention, Article 17: Penalties

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Member States shall ensure that any abuse of the local border traffic regime, as established by this Regulation and as implemented by the bilateral Agreements referred to in Article 13, is subject to penalties as provided for by national law.
2. Those penalties shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and shall include the possibility of cancelling and revoking local border traffic permits.
3. Member States shall keep a record of all cases of abuse of the local border traffic regime and of penalties imposed in accordance with paragraph 1. That information shall be forwarded every six months to the other Member States and to the Commission.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1931/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1931/article-17
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