Article 19
When assessing fines in accordance with the Act, all circumstances shall be taken into consideration, and the following items shall be noted:
1. motivation, purpose, and expected improper benefit of the violations;
2. the degree of the act’s harm to trade order;
3. the duration of the act’s harm to trade order;
4. benefits derived from the unlawful act;
5. scale and operating condition of the violator;
6. types of, number of, and intervening time between past violations, and the punishment for such violations; and
7. remorse shown for the act and attitude of cooperation in the investigation.
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