The Bill on Amendments to the Code of Enforcement Procedure and Amendments to Other Associated Acts (315 SE), initiated by the Government, will make amendments in the regulation of the termination of enforcement proceedings and in other associated Acts in order to simplify and specify the termination of enforcement proceedings in civil claims.

The amendments included in the Bill will amend among other things the Fire Safety Act in order to enable different forms of cooperation related to fire safety to raise the quality of building design documentation.

In April 2011, an amendment to the General Part of the Civil Code Act entered into force that provided that the limitation period for a claim recognised by a court judgment that has become final and for claims that arise from other execution documents was ten years instead of the earlier 30 years.

Under the current Act, in order to terminate enforcement proceedings in civil claims due to expiry of the limitation period, the debtor needs to file a claim with a county court for compulsory enforcement to be declared impermissible, as the Code of Enforcement Procedure does not allow a bailiff to terminate enforcement proceedings in a civil claim by applying expiry of the limitation period.

When such statements of claim are filed in large numbers, the courts’ workload increases significantly, which brings about a significant extension of the duration of proceedings in other court proceedings. In order to reduce the workload, various measures have been proposed.

Under the Bill, bailiffs will have the possibility to terminate enforcement proceedings in civil claims in the event of expiry of the limitation period for enforcement. The debtor will have the possibility to turn to the bailiff and to apply for termination of the proceedings. Then the bailiff will carry out the relevant procedures and ask the party seeking enforcement if the party agrees to that, and the enforcement proceedings will be terminated with the party’s consent.

Minister of Health and Labour Tanel Kiik replied to the interpellation concerning vaccination (No 48) and Minister of Education and Research Liina Kersna replied to the interpellation concerning the quality of education under the conditions of the coronavirus crisis (No 49), submitted by members of the Riigikogu.

At the beginning of today’s sitting, the Riigikogu observed a moment of silence in memory of late member of the Riigikogu Johannes Kert.

Member of the Riigikogu Tiiu Aro took her oath of office.

During the open microphone, Kalle Grünthal took the floor.

Verbatim record of the sitting (in Estonian):

Photos: (Author Erik Peinar)

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