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Amendments To The Civil Procedure Act

Original Language Title: Grozījumi Civilprocesa likumā

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The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the law of civil procedure to make the civil procedure law of the Republic of Latvia (Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1998, no. 23, no. 15; 2001; 2002; 2003, no. 24, 15; 2004, nr. 6, 10, 14, 20; 2005, nr. 7, 14; 2006, nr. 1, 13, 20, 24, 3. No; 2007, nr. 24; 2008, 13 no, 2, 6, 2009., no. 14; Latvian journal, 2009, no. 205; 2010, 166, 183, 206. no; 2011, 16, 95, 132, 148. no; 2012, 50, 63, 100, 190, 197. no; 13, 87, 92, 112, 188. nr.; in 2014, 2, 41, 63., 108, 194.228, 238. no; 2015, 42, 91, no. 118, 227.) the following amendments: 1. Complement the third subparagraph of article 33 paragraph 4 with the following: "4) expenses for State legal aid." 2. Express article 34 the first part of paragraph 5 by the following: "5) on the application of copyright and related rights, database protection (sui generis), the administration of trade marks and geographical indications, patents, designs, plant variety rights, topographies of semiconductor products (hereinafter referred to as intellectual property rights) violations and protection, as well as on the application of cases for which the dispute dealt with the industrial property Board of appeal, — eur 213.43;". 3. Supplement article 43 first paragraph with the following paragraph 16: "16) party that case receive State legal aid." 4. To supplement the law with article 44.1 the following: ' article 44.1. Spending on State legal aid, and the remedying of the State (1) the expenditure on public legal aid are: 1) the expenditure on State legal aid; 2) with national legal assistance reimbursed related expenses. (2) expenditure on State legal aid, the Court making the ruling, according to this law, enforced in article 42 of the said conditions. (3) details of national legal aid expenses Court about takes from the State legal aid register and the State legal aid provider in notification submitted on State legal assistance in civil matters, if this information is not included in the national legal aid register. (4) if the party from which according to the second paragraph of this article should recover costs on State legal aid, is exempted from payment of court costs, then with the national legal aid expenses assumed by the State. " 5. Supplement article 85 with 3.1 part as follows: "(31) on State legal aid provider authorisation for the provision of legal aid by competent national authorities to certify the work order was issued for the provision of legal aid." 6. Put the name of the Department in this 30.3: "certain categories of cases the written procedure". 7. in article 250.18: make the first paragraph by the following: "(1) things about small claims and cases on the law on which the dispute dealt with the industrial property Board of appeal, the Court judicial claims procedures as a general rule, subject to the exceptions provided for in this section."; to supplement the article with the third part as follows: "(3) in the Case of the right for which the dispute is considered the industrial property Board of appeal, the Riga City Vidzeme suburb Court." 8. Supplement article 250.19 with the third subparagraph by the following: "(3) in the Case of the right for which the dispute is considered the industrial property Board of appeal, suggests to a written application." 9. in article 250.20: replace the first part of the word "requirements" with the words "small claims"; to supplement the article with the third and fourth subparagraph by the following: "(3) in the case of the application for which the dispute is considered the industrial property Board of appeal, as manifested in the industrial property Board of Appeal's decision was correct. (4) in its application to cases where the dispute is considered the industrial property Board of appeal, accompanied by the industrial property Board of appeal a copy of the relevant decision. The application can add evidence not presented to the industrial property Board of appeal. " 10. Replace 250.21 in the first paragraph, the word "requirements" with the words "small claims". 11. Supplement 250.23 the first paragraph after the word "explanation" with the words "for small claims". 12. Supplement article 250.25 to fourth by the following: "(4) in matters of law, on which the dispute dealt with the industrial property Board of appeal, in the operative part of the judgment, in addition to this law, the sixth paragraph of article 193 of these requirements the Court indicates the person assigned, approved or rejected or amended registration messages according to the provisions of the laws." 13. off 250.27 article, the words "in cases of small claims." 14. Supplement article 440.1 after "small claims" with the words "and on the right, for which the dispute dealt with the industrial property Board of appeal". 15. transitional provisions: to make 90. point as follows: "90. Cases that a District Court as the Court of first instance is launched to examine on the merits, the same court in which they are submitted. Things that the District Court as the Court of first instance has started to look into the merits, but by 2015 December 31 have not been considered due to the fact that in the decision on the suspension of the proceedings, be referred to the district (municipal) Court as the Court of first instance. "; Add to 91 with new second sentence as follows: "the Court of appeal, removing the District Court as a judgment of the Court of first instance (427), the decision on the termination of the proceedings, the claims of abandonment without examination, as well as the decision on the refusal to accept a statement of claim (article 132) and the decision on the application without leaving the guidance (133), the matter shall be referred for examination to the new district (City) Court as the Court of first instance."; transitional provisions be supplemented by the following paragraph 112: "112. This law, article 33, third subparagraph, and paragraph 4 of article 44.1 applies to cases brought after the March 1 2016." The law shall enter into force on January 1, 2016. The Parliament adopted the law 2015 December 10. The President r. vējonis 2015 in Riga on December 23.