46The Framework Decision also applies to financial penalties imposed by administrative authorities. Consequently, as the Netherlands Government rightly observes, a prior administrative phase may be required, depending on the particular features of the judicial systems of the Member States. However, access to a court having jurisdiction in particular in criminal matters, within the meaning of the Framework Decision, must not be made subject to conditions which make such access impossible or excessively difficult (see, by analogy, Case C-69/10 Samba Diouf [2011] ECR I-7151, paragraph 57).
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