New Code Of Civil Procedure And Code Of Execution Procedure Adopted
On 20 April 2005 the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu) adopted the Code of Civil Procedure and the Code of Execution Procedure. The Code of Civil Procedure provides rules for proceedings in the courts of all instances as well as arbitral tribunals. The new code should increase the efficiency of proceedings and reduce the number of disputes arising from procedural law. Under the new rules it is now possible to file an action electronically (as an e-mail) and in certain circumstances an expedited procedure can be applied. The objective of the new Code of Execution Procedure is to replace the 1993 Code which had been amended many times since then, with a set of systematic rules. The new Code prescribes the rights and obligations of the debtor, claimant and the bailiff, as well as the procedure for performing enforcement acts. Under the Act for Implementing the Code of Civil Procedure and the Code of Execution Procedure
