'tougher fine' is correct and can be used in written English.
It is a phrase that describes a penalty or punishment that is more severe. For example, "The judge imposed a tougher fine on the offender for the second offense."
Last week, the central bank surprised the market by pushing up the yield on its three-month bills by about four basis points to 1.3684 percent after holding it steady since late August, sending stocks and commodities lower on worries about tougher "fine-tuning" of monetary policy.
Legislation for tougher fines, whistleblower protection and public scrutiny of safety failures died last year.
The House bill would impose tougher fines on companies for drug safety violations, up to $10 million for a single violation.
It seems that lobbyists only start to worry about European antitrust procedures the very moment the commission hands down tougher fines to companies for violating the rules of free competition.
BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Monday called for additional unannounced inspections of food companies and tougher fines for labelling fraud, after the discovery earlier this year that millions of Europeans had eaten horse meat labelled as beef.
Beyond that, there is the promise of tougher fines for firms who breach the minimum wage, which sounds good although the question is whether there will be sufficient inspectors to enforce it.
The move, to be accompanied by tougher fines for parents of children who regularly play truant, follows a review of school discipline and attendance by teacher and behaviour expert Charlie Taylor.
This would still be an independent body, but with more outsiders and the ability to impose tougher fines (up to £1m), and backed by some kind of "verifying" body to check every two or three years that it is doing a good job.
The tougher fines would cover everything from illegal fly-tipping of DIY waste to dumping toxic materials.
In Europe the incoming General Data Protection Regulation GDPRR) beefs up the enforcement of privacy rules with tighter requirements on how data is handled and a new regime of tougher fines for violations.
WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Senators are planning to introduce a bipartisan bill on Monday to give the country's securities regulator the authority to seek tougher fines for alleged Wall Street criminals.
