(1) Unless this Act provides otherwise, the provisions of the Act on Administrative Offences (Gesetz über Ordnungswidrigkeiten) apply mutatis mutandis to infringements under Article 99(3) to (5) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. Section 17 of the Act on Administrative Offences, including in conjunction with section 30(3) of the Act on Administrative Offences, and section 30(1) and (2) of the Act on Administrative Offences shall not apply.
(2) Unless this Act provides otherwise, the provisions of the Act on Administrative Offences and of the general statutes on criminal procedure, namely the Code of Criminal Procedure (Strafprozessordnung) and the Courts Constitution Act (Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz), apply mutatis mutandis to proceedings for an infringement under Article 99(3) to (5) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. The second sentence of section 69(4) of the Act on Administrative Offences applies with the proviso that the public prosecutor's office may discontinue the proceedings only with the consent of the authority that issued the fine notice.