The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, published a diploma amending the statute of the Administrative and Tax Courts, as well as the Tax Procedure and Procedure Code, noting that he does not accept “proposals” from the Supreme Council.
“Not accepting the proposals of the Supreme Council of Administrative and Tax Courts, taking into account the novelties introduced, the President of the Republic promulgated a decree amending the Statutes of administrative and tax courts, the Tax Procedure and Procedure Codes and the regime of sections of the executive process of the solidarity and social security system,” the note says. , published this Friday on the “website” of the President of the Republic.
The government approved this Decree-Law in the Council of Ministers this Thursday, which, as it explained, aims to increase the capacity and speed of justice in these areas.
According to the government, “the impact of these changes directly contributes to the goal of increasing the responsiveness of the administrative and tax jurisdiction, making it more efficient, faster and more transparent.”
In the note, the executive stressed that “the planned promotion of court specialization, in particular the creation of new subdivisions, is also in line with one of the reforms envisaged in the Recovery and Sustainability Plan.” [PRR]”.
The proposed law, published on the “website” of the Assembly of the Republic, explains that “despite the measures taken by the legislator in recent years, the administrative and tax jurisdiction still faces serious problems and restrictions that often prevent it from reaching reasonable framework”. period of time, disputes submitted to it by citizens, companies and public authorities.
According to this proposal, “it is fundamentally necessary to strengthen the responsiveness of administrative and tax courts, as well as optimize their functioning by introducing a set of surgical-scale amendments to the structuring of diplomas in this jurisdiction.”
Thus, “in order to accompany the growing technical and legal complexity of some disputes”, this is enshrined “in Article 32 of the ETAF”. [Estatuto dos Tribunais Administrativos e Fiscais]”creating specialized units in the central administrative courts”, among other measures.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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