Ideas on the Amendment of the Code of Administrative Proceedings of 7th April 2017

Abstract

The article deals with the amendment of the Code of Administrative Procedure and the Law on Proceedings before the Administrative Courts of 7 April 2017, which came into force on 1 June 2017. The authors presented the stages of the legislative process, emphasizing the role of the Administrative Reform Team, which worked from 2012 until 2016 under the auspices of the President of the Supreme Administrative Court. The main ideas of the amendment were characterized in the paper, using the historical and formal-dogmatic method, including the acceleration and simplification of the proceedings, the fuller implementation of the good administration principle, and the inclusion of mediation. According to the authors, applying the new regulation will also speed up administrative court proceedings. In the authors’ opinion, the ideas of the new regulation should be rated positively, although it has shortcomings. That is why it requires some adjustments, especially regarding opposition to the cassation decision.