Article 10 Limitation period for the collection of periodic penalty payments

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Summary What does Article 10 of the RTS on pecuniary sanctions and administrative measures say?

This article establishes the time limits governing the collection of periodic penalty payments, building on the broader framework for periodic penalty payments set out in earlier articles (particularly Articles 7–9).

It sets a fixed five-year limitation period for collection and clarifies precisely when that clock starts ticking.

It also acknowledges that national law may play a role in how that period operates in practice.

Important points:

Supervisors have a five-year window to collect periodic penalty payments, starting from the day after the decision on the final accrued amount is notified to the person concerned.
The five-year limitation period can be interrupted or suspended, but only in accordance with the national law of the Member State where collection takes place.
This article introduces a meaningful procedural safeguard for natural and legal persons by capping the period during which collection can be pursued.

Springlex's summary of the article, a reading aid, not a substitute for the legal text.

1. The collection of the periodic penalty payment shall be subject to a limitation period of five years. The five years period referred to in paragraph 1 shall start to run on the day following that on which the decision setting the final accrued amount of periodic penalty payment to be paid is notified to the natural person or legal person concerned.
1. The limitation period for the collection of periodic penalty payments can be interrupted or suspended in compliance with provisions stipulated by national law in force in the Member State where the periodic penalty payments are collected.

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