Administrative punishment of legal entities as an administrative coercion measure

Abstract

Administrative penalties applied to legal entities are among the most common and effective measures of administrative coercion. The analysis of the legislation made it possible to identify the system of administrative penalties applied to legal entities in the Russian Federation. The author characterizes the system and the main types of administrative penalties of legal entities, such as a warning, an administrative fine, confiscation, administrative suspension of activity. It is noted that the most common is an administrative fine. However, there are problems with its appointment. The materials of judicial practice on the application of administrative sanctions to legal entities are analyzed. As a result of the analysis, the need to optimize administrative penalties applied to legal entities is noted. The article examines the norms of the draft Administrative Code of the Russian Federation in relation to administrative penalties applied to legal entities. The positive and negative aspects of the proposed codification are noted.