On March 12, 2024, the Council of Ministers approved the Draft Bill on measures regarding the efficiency of the public justice service and collective actions for the protection and defense of the rights and interests of consumers and users.
Within this preliminary draft, measures relating to alternative means of dispute resolution (ADRs) are incorporated for procedural efficiency.
The draft regulates these systems and their application in out-of-court proceedings involving civil and commercial matters. Negotiation between the parties is thus enhanced through instruments such as mediation, private conciliation, confidential binding offers and independent experts’ opinion, all in order to find agreed solutions to their disputes.
The practice of these systems is rather common and successful in other countries, and it is considered that these might help to prevent litigation and ease courts and tribunals’ overload.
