Decisions on payment periods

The Legal Register Centre may grant a payment period for fines on which separate provisions have been issued by an act, administrative financial penalties and other receivables.

The Legal Register Centre may grant time for payment of fines, administrative penalties and other claims provided for by law.

These statistics include the number of cases of payment of penalties enforced by the Legal Register Centre.
In October 2020, the e-service was launched, which allows the submission of applications for payment periods. With the introduction of e-service, i.e. from 2020 onwards, statistics on payment periods will be based on applications received. Prior to e-filing, statistics were collected on decisions on payment periods taken. The difference between the number of applications and decisions is due to, for example, double applications received and cases to be merged.


In October 2020, the e-service was launched, which allows you to submit a request for a payment extension. Therefore, from 2020 onwards, statistics on payment periods will be based on applications received. Prior to e-service, statistics were collected on decisions on payment periods taken. The difference between the number of applications and decisions is due to, for example, double applications received and cases to be merged. Between 2012 and 2020, the number of decisions on payment periods varied between 12180 and 17253. In 2021, 21915 applications for payment periods were received and in 2022, 23516 applications for payment periods were received.

Published 24.5.2019