--- title: "Article 38i — Periodic penalty payments" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02014R0600-20251123" source_retrieved: 2026-09-30 shortTitle: "Article 38i — Periodic penalty payments" instrument_type: level1_regulation authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Regulation (EU) No 600/2014" instrument: mifir celex: "32014R0600" regulation: MiFIR regulation-full: "Regulation (EU) No 600/2014" article: 38i status: in_force object_id: eu.mifir.legal_text.article.38i text_version: "Consolidated version of 23 November 2025" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02014R0600-20251123" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-10-26 --- *In force · Consolidated version of 23 November 2025 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02014R0600-20251123)* 1. ESMA shall, by decision, impose periodic penalty payments in order to compel: **(a)** a person to put an end to an infringement in accordance with a decision taken pursuant to point (a) of [Article 38g(1)](38g.md); **(b)** a person referred to in [Article 38b(1)](38b.md): **(i)** to supply complete information which has been requested by a decision pursuant to [Article 38b](38b.md); **(ii)** to submit to an investigation and in particular to produce complete records, data, procedures or any other material required and to complete and correct other information provided in an investigation launched by a decision pursuant to [Article 38c](38c.md); **(iii)** to submit to an on-site inspection ordered by a decision taken pursuant to [Article 38d](38d.md). 2. A periodic penalty payment shall be effective and proportionate. The periodic penalty payment shall be imposed for each day of delay. 3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, the amount of the periodic penalty payments shall be 3 % of the average daily turnover in the preceding business year, or, in the case of natural persons, 2 % of the average daily income in the preceding calendar year. It shall be calculated from the date stipulated in the decision imposing the periodic penalty payment. 4. A periodic penalty payment shall be imposed for a maximum period of six months following the notification of ESMA’s decision. Following the end of the period, ESMA shall review the measure. *** [Title VIa — ESMA powers and competences](../titles/via.md) · [← Article 38h](38h.md) · [Article 38j →](38j.md)