Brussels, 22/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - In a communication of 13 December 2005, the Commission set out to clarify the rules on the financial sanctions imposed on Member States which failed to come into line with the ruling of the Court of Justice. This new communication establishes new criteria which the Commission will apply in the future, when it proposes to impose a penalty payment, a lump sum or both types of sanction at the same time. The way chosen by the Commission as guardian of the...