Citaat | Parket bij de Hoge Raad 28 juni 2024

Onder 8.26 Parket bij de Hoge Raad 28 juni 2024

Een alinea uit Parket bij de Hoge Raad 28 juni 2024, ECLI:NL:PHR:2024:710.

“46. (…) As to the Government’s argument that the fuel fee debit was intended as pecuniary compensation for damage, the Court is however not so convinced in the circumstances of the present case. It may well be that the fuel fee imposed corresponded to the damage caused, namely loss of revenue. It is however to be noted that the fuel fee collected was trebled. This must in the Court’s view be seen as a punishment to deter re-offending, recognised as a characteristic feature of criminal penalties (see Ezeh, §§ 102 and 105). It may therefore be concluded that the fuel fee debit was imposed by a rule whose purpose was not only compensatory but also deterrent and punitive. The Court considers that this establishes the criminal nature of the offence.”

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