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At November 10 regular sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs, the draft law on Making Addendum to the Law on Compulsory Enforcement of Judicial Acts authored by the Government was debated in the first sitting.

The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Yeranuhi Tumanyants presented the proposed amendments to the bill noting that conditioned by the martial law announced on 27 September 2020, the creditors, including the banks and the credit organizations, in case of relevant bases, can forgive the obligations of some debtors, for example, persons who have died, became disabled, are unknown missing or recognized as dead. Meanwhile, cases are possible when creditors forgive debtors’ obligations related to which enforcement proceedings have already been initiated, and the enforcement costs of the executive action have been charged. By the existing regulation, if a creditor, including the banks and the credit organizations, conditioned by the legal regime of martial law and military actions, forgives a debtor’s obligation then he/she is obliged to pay the enforcement costs in any case. So, the Government proposes the compulsory enforcement service not to charge enforcement costs in case of terminating the initiated enforcement proceedings related to the above-mentioned persons.

The deputies highlighted the need of the draft law, presenting the proposals on expanding the scope of persons.

The Committee Chair Vladimir Vardanyan proposed to debate the draft for 24 hours.

The Committee endorsed the draft law.