Article 36 — Penalties

NIS2, Directive (EU) 2022/2555

What does NIS2 Article 36 say?

Short answer, straight from the official text

Member States shall lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national measures adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

Source: NIS2, Directive (EU) 2022/2555, read 2026-08-14.

Official text

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Member States shall lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringements of national measures adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall, by 17 January 2025, notify the Commission of those rules and of those measures and shall notify it, without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.

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The same rule in other acts

These articles carry the same official heading. The wording is not identical; read each text at its own source.

• GDPR Article 84 — Penalties
• AI Act Article 99 — Penalties
• DSA Article 52 — Penalties
• PSD2 Article 103 — Penalties

Who does this apply to

The register names five roles. Open a role to see the duties this act places on it, each row with its article and its source.

• Cloud service provider

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