Experts from Kyrgyzstan, Moldova and Ukraine discussed how to increase debt recovery rates based on court decisions.
On May 28, a regular session of DanakerTalkuu was held in Bishkek, during which the local and international experience of enforcement agents was discussed. Nurlan Pirnazarov, the Head of the Department for the Enforcement of Judicial Acts, Valery Pritulyak, an expert from Ukraine, as well as Roman Tolmach and Oksana Novikova, experts from Moldova took part at the event.
According to Nurlan Pirnazarov, almost 60% of court decisions are enforced in Kyrgyzstan. These are mostly the decisions on demolition of illegal buildings, on removal of a child, on eviction, on reinstatement in office, etc.
Enforcement proceedings in Moldova
As Roman Tolmach noted, in Moldova the practice of private enforcement agents was introduced 9 years ago.
“In Moldova, unlike other neighboring states, there are private law enforcement agents only. What urged us to this reorganization? Low wages, non-reimbursement of travel costs and lack of motivation among judicial enforcement agents under the courts to work for the benefit of the state. The conditions have improved after the reform. A bailiff now has become an employer himself, he supervises his employees and pays income tax; creditors do not complain that court decisions are not enforced”, – says Roman Tolmach.
Ukraine’s experience
In Ukraine, there are both public and private enforcement agents. In 2018, in general, enforcement agents (both private and public) collected $176 million in alimony only.
“If the court decision is not enforced, such a decision is nothing but a seeming one. Therefore, bailiffs have a very important task to perform” – V. Pritulyak, Ph.D. in Law, associate professor, private enforcement agent of the enforcement district of the Odessa region, head of the Ethics Committee of APIU, Ukraine .
During the discussion, the experts also touched upon other topics and answered the audience’s questions.
International experts are currently located in Bishkek, where they conduct training for enforcement agents under the project of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) in partnership with the Judicial Department.
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Kalyicha Dzhamankulova
