50The principle of mutual recognition, which underpins the Framework Decision, means that, in accordance with Article 6 of that decision, the Member States are, as a rule, obliged to recognise a decision requiring payment of a financial penalty which has been transmitted in accordance with Article 4 of the Framework Decision without any further formality being required, and to take without delay all the measures necessary for its enforcement, with the result that the grounds for refusal to recognise or enforce such a decision must be interpreted restrictively (judgments of 14 November 2013, Baláž, C‑60/12, EU:C:2013:733, paragraph 29, and of 5 December 2019, Centraal Justitieel Incassobureau (recognition and enforcement of financial penalties), C‑671/18, EU:C:2019:1054, paragraph 31).
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