Manners of the Extinguishing of Liabilities Arising from Administrative Fines

Abstract

The paper contains a formal-dogmatic analysis of legal regulations defining ineffective methods of extinguishing liabilities arising from administrative fines, which include the expiry of the limitation period for the enforcement of administrative fines and the remission of administrative fines. The paper also discusses the importance of legal measures to guarantee the enforcement of administrative fines, including interest for late payment, administrative enforcement procedure, as well as information activities undertaken towards the obligor aimed at voluntary fulfilment of the obligation. The analysis seeks to show the legal mechanisms that are supposed to ensure the fulfilment of administrative obligations, essentially serving to protect the interests of the state and strengthening the public sense of justice. The need to address this issue is determined by the awareness that one of the constant trends in the development of administrative law is the expansion of the sanctioning powers of the public administration, while the recovery of amounts due from administrative fines, which are a generic form of such sanctions, largely determines the ultimate effectiveness of legal regulations, i.e. the achievement of the goal intended by the legislature.