The number of appeals to the Vitebsk Regional Economic Court increased by 56% in the first quarter

April 10, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The number of appeals to the economic court of the Vitebsk region increased by 56% to 4.1 thousand in the first quarter, the head of the judicial practice department of the economic court of the Vitebsk region, Olga Kibisova, told a BELTA correspondent. In 247 cases of claim proceedings (80.5% of those considered in the conciliation procedure), agreements were reached between the parties and conciliation agreements were signed. "The concluded conciliation agreements allowed the parties not only to save money, but also to overcome the conflict while maintaining the possibility of joint cooperation," noted Olga Kibisova, adding that the potential of the conciliation procedure was also in demand at the enforcement stage: 2 enforcement proceedings were transferred to the conciliation procedure, under which settlement agreements were concluded on deferred payment terms. Using videoconferencing, first-instance judges held 55 court hearings, which allowed business entities to save money on business trip expenses, and their representatives - working time. Business entities continue to effectively recover debts using the order production institution: in January-March, the court received about 3.1 thousand applications for the initiation of order production, which is 2.7 times more than in the same period of 2011 (1121). The work of the enforcement department of the economic court is characterized by the following figures: 3.1 thousand enforcement proceedings were initiated, which is 43% more than the corresponding level of last year. 3,101 proceedings were executed, which is 42% more than in January-March 2011. 32 auctions were appointed, of which 9 were successful. In addition, 6 electronic auctions were held and the same number were appointed for April-May of this year. -0-