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At the Sectorial Conference of Justice chaired by Minister Felix Bolanos the Ministry and the communities have unanimously agreed to complete the implementation of the Public Justice Service Efficiency Law by December 31.
The Minister of the Presidency Justice and Relations with the Courts Felix Bolanos during the Sectorial Conference on Justice. The Minister of the Presidency Justice and Relations with the Courts Felix Bolanos has presided over the Sectorial Conference on Justice held via videoconference. In the meeting the minister presented the first data from the Public Justice Service Efficiency Law which is already delivering tangible results in the streamlining of procedures one of its main objectives. The regulation in effect since last April has managed to reduce pending communication acts (notifications requirements etc.) by an average of 36% in the analyzed communities. It has also demonstrated its effectiveness in expediting the execution of sentences with reductions in pending executions in some territories of up to 69%. Additionally citizens have already completed nearly 98400 judicial procedures in the Justice Offices in the Municipality since their creation in June. Previously there was no possibility of carrying out these actions electronically from any municipality. Unanimous Agreement In the meeting which took place in a cordial atmosphere the autonomous communities and the Ministry shared the great effort and excellent work done so far and discussed the work done for the third and final phase of the implementation of the Law scheduled for December 31. This phase involves the operation of 100 Instance Courts in major judicial districts such as Barcelona Madrid Zaragoza Palma or Valladolid. In this regard they unanimously agreed that the judicial offices that will provide technical support to all the instance courts in the major cities will begin operations on December 31 except in Oviedo Gijon and Aviles which will do so on February 15 in order to allow these judicial districts to make the final technical adjustments. Likewise the Ministry and the autonomous communities have also unanimously agreed to provide some flexibility to all judicial districts so that the operation of the teams that require it will be implemented progressively based on organizational needs and workloads without affecting in any case the public justice service provided to citizens. In any case the personal and material resources are already available to the instance courts. The Efficiency Law represents the largest structural reform of Justice in decades and its objective is to make it a more agile modern and closer public service to citizens. More agility and fewer litigations The law introduces an organizational reform that modernizes a judicial system designed in the 19th century: it transforms the traditional single-judge courts (3800) into 431 Instance Courts collegiate bodies where judges are divided into specialized sections (civil criminal violence against women etc.) and have a single Judicial Office for technical support. This allows for greater agility because resources are optimized workloads are better distributed and greater flexibility is achieved to adapt to needs. As the law anticipated more than 300 Instance Courts have already begun operations this year without notable incidents and the Ministry has already been able to evaluate their first results. In Andalusia the pending communication acts have been reduced by 43.8% in the Valencian Community by 34% and in the Canary Islands by 22%. The average of the 7 communities for which data is available is 36%. The Ministrys evaluation also confirms a speeding up in the execution of sentences. In Andalusia the reduction of pending admissions reaches 69% in Castilla-La Mancha 55% in Catalonia and the Valencian Community 27% and in the Region of Murcia 15%. The average of the studied communities is 30%. (Data from the Instance Courts in operation since July 1 provided by the Secretaries of Government of the Superior Courts of Justice). Reduction of cases On the other hand the Efficiency Law includes a key procedural change to reduce litigations promote a culture of dialogue between the parties and expedite the processing of conflicts. This involves the obligation to resort to Appropriate Means of Conflict Resolution (MASC) in civil and commercial matters before initiating any judicial process. In this regard the law also shows the first positive results. According to data from the General Council of the Judiciary in the third quarter of the year there was a 30.9% decrease in the number of new litigations in the civil jurisdiction throughout Spain. A coordinated implementation Since the implementation of the law began the technical working group created by the Ministry with the autonomous communities has held 27 follow-up and coordination meetings and seven Sectorial Commissions have also been held throughout the year. The Ministry has also organized a comprehensive training plan on the new regulation for judges legal officers and officials as well as a sensitization program for legal operators with dozens of sessions held across the territory. There have been 280 informational sessions on the instance courts 305 training courses on digitization with more than 15000 enrolled and a Day of Common Services Directors with nearly 300 attendees. Regarding funding the Ministry has made an investment exceeding 325 million euros from European funds in the 12 communities with transferred Justice competence. Additionally it is worth noting that the Efficiency Law will result in savings of nearly 300 million euros over the next 10 years in the 12 autonomous communities that have transferred competence in this area. This reform worked on for decades in the Ministry represents the greatest transformation of Justice since the 19th century. An improvement achieved thanks to the commitment of all: autonomous communities judges magistrates legal officers
