Then he wields the big stick, warning of sanctions up to and including a discontinuation of US aid.
But in an unusual move, Uefa's board said it would not hesitate to take additional sanctions, up to and including disqualification, against both teams if their fans were involved in violence again during the course of the tournament.
"Already, the previous draft texts were excessively weak, applying only to non-executive positions on boards of the largest publicly quoted companies, and leaving the question of sanctions up to the discretion of the member states," Leanda Barrington-Leach of the European Women's Lobby, a private organization in Brussels, said.
Rules for stepwise sanctions up to a complete benefit withdrawal were implemented to minimize regional variation and to maximize consistency (see Dietz et al. 2013).
"Until there is a real threat of serious sanctions, up to and including termination, we can only expect sexual harassment and assault to recur".
"Yale addresses violations with sanctions up to and including expulsion, as are indicated in our semi-annual reports, and will continue to do so as warranted".
The commissioner can also issue sanctions up to and including a lifetime ban from the league if an individual connected to the NFL has bet on games or failed to notify the league of conspiracies or plans to bet on or fix games.
EU Seeks To Impose Sanctions On U.S. The European Union head office said Thursday it will seek to impose additional sanctions of up to 15% on U.S. products–such as paper, textiles and machinery to punish Washington for failing to repeal an antidumping law ruled illegal by the World Trade Organization.
Europe has threatened to impose sanctions of up to $4 billion.
The banking measures include allowing the secretary of the Treasury to impose sanctions -- up to cutting off all dealings with United States financial institutions -- on banks in a nation whose bank secrecy laws deny information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other agencies.
