ENFORCEMENT FEE AND BASIC REMUNERATION VS ENFORCEMENT SANCTION: FORMATION OF APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING THEIR ESSENCE DURING THE PERIOD OF INDEPENDENCE OF UKRAINE
This article studies the essence of the basic remuneration in comparison with the enforcement fee, the specifics of their collection during the formation of enforcement proceeding laws during the independence of Ukraine and their evolution into "enforcement sanction" − a common term for these two concepts introduced by the new draft law "On Enforcement of Decisions". It has been determined in the article that the basic remuneration of the private executers is collected in the manner prescribed for the collection of the enforcement fee. Therefore, the enforcement fee and the basic remuneration of the private executers are defined mostly as identical concepts. However, it is sometimes unacceptable to apply the enforcement fee rules to the basic remuneration, in particular, in the event of exemption from payment of the enforcement fee, when lien is put on property to secure claims, or when the enforcement fee is refunded due to revocation of the court order, which is confirmed at the level of judicial practice.It is summarized that the enforcement fee and the basic remuneration are, first of all, fees for decisions enforcement, and, at the same time, they serve as punishment for the debtor's failure to execute the decision voluntarily (before the enforcement document is delivered) and encourage the defender to execute the decision voluntarily without the involvement of law enforcement agencies. The article positively points out the dualistic legal nature of these funds and the preservation of this nature in the new draft law in the context of the enforcement sanction and specifies which regulation features of this nature should be improved. For instance, in the article it is considered to be appropriate to reduce the enforcement sanction, if the debtor executes the court order himself within a short period from the beginning of the order enforcement or if the enforcement document is returned or the order enforcement is terminated without actual execution. Кeywords: means of enforcement proceedings, the amount of recovery, actual execution, return of the enforcement document, termination of enforcement proceedings.