Brexit and the institute of administrative sanctions

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ENBrexit as one of the milestones of the modern EU history, not only did launch the detachment of the UK from the EU, but also created an uncertainty regarding the future of the EU in general. It also provided a crossroad for further paths of integration the EU and member states might take. First, considering the raise of the nationalistic tendencies in some of the major players of the EU, the EU might provide the member states with more autonomy. Second, further developing integration even in spheres that EU previously did not create harmonised regulation might strengthen the cracking EU. The same choices also stand before the institute of administrative sanctions as one of the spheres EU previously did not create unified regulation. The institute of administrative sanctions is considered to be an important tool, commonly used in order to protect EU financial interests, therefore its further development can strongly influence tendencies in the EU and its members. In the context of the EU, institute of administrative sanctions is only in initial stages of its developments while in the Lithuanian context the similar institute, though not new, is complex and overburdened. Therefore, in this article the two institutes of administrative sanctions, Lithuanian and European, are discussed and analysed as well as possibilities available of their development and risks of the EU institute of administrative sanctions that might influence institute of administrative sanctions in the member states, including Lithuania. [From the publication]