On August 15, 2015 an amendment of the Law on proceedings before administrative courts has entered into force. Its aim is to accelerate and simplify the procedure.
According to the new regulations, the Supreme Administrative Court will be able to change the sentences handed down by provincial courts – and not, as till now, just quash them. Therefore, the cases will end up directly in the institution that can settle them and not again in the provincial administrative courts. At the same time, the court will be able to oblige the authority that passed the questioned decision to change it, as well as to indicate how the case shall be settled and when it shall take place. So far, the court could only recommend the office to re-examine the case.
The act of law includes also the regulations that enable more effective fight against lengthy settlement of the cases by authorities. So far, an authority could uphold the action for failure to act or length of the proceedings until the commencement of the trial. According to the amendment, it has 30 days since bringing of the action to do it.