Increased and additional fees governed by the Geological and Mining Law as examples of administrative pecuniary penalties

Abstract

The increased and additional fees are administrative sanctions for violations of the provisions of the Act of 9 June 2011 Geological and Mining Law, especially in part concerning the concession requirements. The article discusses the functions which these sanctions play. In that range it analyses the subject and severity of the fees, trying to distinguish their scopes. It leads to the conclusion that the fees concentrate mainly on their repressive and fiscal functions. The second part of the article is devoted to standards of the fees in the light of the provisions Section IVa of the Code of Administrative Procedure, entitled “Administrative pecuniary penalties”. The impact of these provisions on the fees’ legal status is insufficient and does not guarantee the satisfactory protection of rights of entities.