Key legal question
Whether a fine could be combined with a suspended prison sentence for the property offenses at issue.
Extracted holding
Yes. Under Art. 172bis StGB, a fine may always be combined with imprisonment for offenses against property punishable only by imprisonment.
Extracted reasoning
The provision was intended to replace a rigid earlier system and allows a fine in all such cases; the reference in legislative materials to a 'warning effect' was only an example, not a separate category or prerequisite.