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title: "Art. 33 DMA: Limitation periods for the enforcement of penalties"
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source_note: "Source: Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, OJ L 265, 12.10.2022, p. 1, as corrected. Only the text published in the Official Journal is authentic. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu"
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Art. 33 DMA · Chapter V: INVESTIGATIVE, ENFORCEMENT AND MONITORING POWERS

# Article 33 DMA: Limitation periods for the enforcement of penalties

Official Journal text of 12 October 2022, as corrected (OJ L, 2025/90024, 10.1.2025). Retrieved 30 October 2026.

## Official text

### Article 33(1)

**1.** The power of the Commission to enforce decisions taken pursuant to Articles 30 and 31 shall be subject to a limitation period of 5 years.

### Article 33(2)

**2.** Time shall begin to run from the day on which the decision becomes final.

### Article 33(3)

**3.** The limitation period for the enforcement of penalties shall be interrupted:

#### Article 33(3)(a)

**(a)** by notification of a decision varying the original amount of the fine or periodic penalty payment or refusing an application for variation; or

#### Article 33(3)(b)

**(b)** by any action of the Commission or of a Member State, acting at the request of the Commission, designed to enforce payment of the fine or periodic penalty payment.

### Article 33(4)

**4.** Each interruption shall start time running afresh.

### Article 33(5)

**5.** The limitation period for the enforcement of penalties shall be suspended for so long as:

#### Article 33(5)(a)

**(a)** time to pay is allowed; or

#### Article 33(5)(b)

**(b)** enforcement of payment is suspended pursuant to a decision of the Court of Justice or to a decision by a national court.

## Source

Source: Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, OJ L 265, 12.10.2022, p. 1, as corrected. Only the text published in the Official Journal is authentic. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu

[Article 33 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32022R1925#art_33)

Official Journal text of 12 October 2022, as corrected (OJ L, 2025/90024, 10.1.2025). Retrieved 30 October 2026.

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