Понятие административных санкций в некоторых странах Европейского Союза

Abstract

The concept of administrative sanction usually is not used in Lithuanian legal terminology. At present it is more known as administrative penalty and is applied following the basis and process order of the Code of Administrative Law Violations. As we know, administrative penalties are most often allotted by extrajudicial institutions, i.e. subjects of executive authority, what in the opinion of certain authors contradicts to the Constitution and the constitutional principle of distribution of authority. At present both a new code of administrative law violations and a code of administrative proceeding are being prepared. Therefore it is important to clear up whether there are legal obstacles of administrative law violations and sanctions, find out if the institution of administrative responsibilities is incompatible with the above mentioned constitutional principle [...]