Enforcement agents solve over 140,000 cases

NOVI SAD - Over 140,000 cases have been solved in less than two years since the introduction of enforcement agents by appointing 205 of a total of 308 agents, as it was originally planned, it was stated at a round table on new legal practice in Novi Sad on Thursday.

The round table, which was organized by the Chamber of Enforcement Agents under the auspices of the Ministry of Justice with support of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), which is implementing the project dubbed "Rule of Law and Enforcement" financed by the EU, pointed out that financial discipline has been stepped up since the introduction of enforcement agents.

"The period for collection of claims has been reduced from 635 to 100 days following the enforcement of the Serbian Law on Enforcement and Security," it was stated at the round table.

The key benefits of the new enforcement system in Serbia are greater efficiency in collection of claims, improvement of investment climate in the country, reduction of the backlog of court cases and increase of efficiency of the overall justice system, it was stated at the conference on enhancing the enforcement system in the Republic of Serbia.

Representatives of Serbia's justice system, competent institutions, the Chamber of Enforcement Agents and private enterprises conferred on the problems that enforcement agents encounter in practice and cooperation with courts and other competent institutions.

The talks also tabled cooperation with public companies, better collection of claims for utility services, the advantages that the new enforcement system in Serbia is offering to the economy and citizens and experiences of other countries.

It was announced that similar conferences...