The owner's electronic mailbox will be deactivated on the date specified in the owner's application for deactivation of the electronic mailbox, but no earlier than the third working day after the application has been delivered.
An application for the deactivation of an electronic mailbox for electronic delivery may be submitted in paper form or electronically (in the case of an electronic application, the function for deactivating the electronic mailbox for electronic delivery can be found in the Settings section directly within the electronic mailbox environment).
Deactivation will also take place in the event of the following circumstances, effective as of the date of:
If the electronic mailbox has not been cancelled, the mailbox owner may apply for its reactivation for electronic delivery no earlier than 6 months after the most recent deactivation. The mailbox will be reactivated without delay after the application has been delivered, subject to personnel and technical capacity.
If the mailbox has been deactivated twice during the immediately preceding 15-month period, the owner may reactivate it for electronic delivery only after 12 months have elapsed since the most recent deactivation.
An application for reactivation for electronic delivery may be submitted using the electronic mailbox function or in paper form with the applicant's officially certified signature. An administrative fee of EUR 10 applies to a paper application and EUR 5 to an electronic application.
The electronic mailbox will be reactivated for electronic delivery upon the request of the person concerned if:
In these cases, the electronic mailbox will be reactivated for electronic delivery free of charge.
The electronic mailbox will be cancelled and its contents deleted three years after the death of the mailbox owner or after the owner has been declared deceased.
