The main amendments to the Law no. 554/2004 on administrative proceedings operated by Law no. 212/2018

DEZBATERI

Abstract

The Law no. 554/2004 on administrative proceedings marked a turning point in the control of administrative acts performed by the courts and, over more than 10 years since it came into force, it has undergone several amendments and additions. The Law no. 212/2018 is the latest amendment and addition to the Law no. 554/2004 and was adopted in order to implement measures to reduce the workload of administrative courts, with the consequence of reducing the administrative dispute settlement duration and to harmonize the law with the Constitutional Court decisions issued in this matter and correlate its provisions with the changes that have occurred in civil procedure matters. The main amendments concern the material, territorial and functional jurisdiction of the courts, the preliminary procedure where certain clarifications are made, the removal of the filtering procedure in administrative appeals, simplification of the written procedure prior to the settlement of administrative disputes intended to shorten the settlement of disputes and make the court procedure more dynamic. 

Keywords: court jurisdiction; administrative contentious; preliminary procedure