Enforced collection indicators
Latest update: 07. 03. 2023
1. Number of legal persons and entrepreneurs in the Central Registry of Accounts as at 28 February 2023
As at 28 February 2023, there were 87,664 legal persons and entrepreneurs1 on the records of the Central Registry of Accounts. Compared to 31 January 2023, this is an increase of 0.87%.
We underline that the data on the number of legal persons and entrepreneurs in the Central Registry of Accounts are harmonized with the data on operating legal persons and entrepreneurs registered in the Central Registry of Business Entities (CRBE).
Other data published relevant to enforcement collection implementation are updated accordingly.
As at 28 February 2023, the total number of operating business entities2 as registered in the CRBE and having operating accounts in the Central Registry of Accounts was 58,781 which represents an increase of 1.13% in relation to 31 January 2023.
2. Indicators of enforced collection implementation as at 28 February 2023
As at 28 February 2023, the number of judgement debtors with frozen accounts was 19,679 or 0.22% more than on 31 January 2023. In the total number, the accounts of 16,227 business entities were frozen, which is 0.27% more compared to 31 January 2023.
As at 28 February 2023, in terms of value, total amount of debt based on which the judgement debtors accounts were frozen was 1,015,092,878.64 euros, which represent an increase of 0.52% in relation to 31 January 2023.
In the total amount of debt, business entities accounted for 988,159,269.46 euros or 0.52% more than as at 31 January 2023.
It should be highlighted that, debt concentration was relatively high as at the reporting date so, for example, 10 largest blocked business entities, i.e. 0.05% of the total number of registered debtors, accounted for 26.70% of the total frozen amount, which means that their frozen funds totaled 271,004,298.43 euros.
Fifty largest blocked business entities, which make up 0.25% of the total number of registered debtors, accounted for 47.23% of the total frozen amount, which means that their frozen amount stood at 479,436,096.79 euros.
3. Enforced collection duration as at 28 February 2023
As at 28 February 2023, a total of 1,607 judgement debtors were under uninterrupted blockage up to one year with the frozen amount of 38,373,526.90 euros, making up 3.78% of the total frozen amount, whereas a total of 18,072 judgement debtors were under blockage for over one year, with the frozen amount of 976,719,351.74 euros, accounting for 96.22% of the total frozen amount.
1 The term “legal persons and entrepreneurs” includes: business entities and entrepreneurs; NGOs; foundations; associations; public enforcement officer; notaries; the Ministry of Finance as the authority competent for receiving, payment and transfer of the government money; local self-government authorities, etc.
2 Pursuant to the Law on Business Organizations, the forms of organization pursuing economic activities are business organizations and other forms determined by the Law: individual entrepreneur; general partnership (“GP”); limited partnership (“LP”); joint stock company (“JSC”), limited liability company (“LLC”); foreign company branch. In this report, all the above mentioned forms are referred to as business entities.