SECTION 23

The fines shall be as follows: - flaring without a permit: 250,000,000 (two hundred and fifty million) CFA francs; - violation of the standards of flaring: 100,000,000 (one hundred million) CFA francs; - non-compliance with technical, safety and health-related flaring regulations: 50,000,000 (fifty million) CFA francs; - non-compliance with the environmental rules: 20,000,000 (twenty million) CFA francs; - non-maintenance of facilities: 50,000,000 (fifty million) CFA francs; - non-compliance with accounting standards prescribed hereabove: 50,000,000 (fifty million) CFA francs; - concealment of information and communications: 50,000,000 (fifty million) CFA francs; - obstruction of control by authorized sworn officers: 100,000,000 (one hundred million) CFA francs; - failure to pay fines: increase of 10 % (ten percent) per month.