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RРУEБGРUИLКAАTIONS
Nikola Glavince
The author is a lawyer
NEW LAW ON GENERAL
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
Ayear passed after the new Active assistance of the party
Law on General Administra- An important novelty is the solution
tive Procedure entered into
force, and it started to apply of article 17 of the Law which stipulates
from 31.07.2016. The new law and specifies active assistance of the
is published in the “Official Gazette of party. In accordance with this article,
the Republic of Macedonia” no. 124/2015 the public authority is obliged to enable
on 23.07.2015. all parties in the procedure to realize
and protect their rights and legal inter-
This most important Law in the field ests in as more effective and as easier
of administration and law largely affects way as possible. The public authority is
the functioning of the legal order as a obliged to notify the parties about the
whole, and the realization of the legal in- legal provisions that are important for
terests of the natural persons and legal the resolution of the administrative
entities in general. The Law regulates affair, for their rights and obligations,
the procedure for realization of protec- including all information related to the
tion of the rights and the legal interests procedure, and to warn them about
of the natural persons, of the legal en- the legal consequences of their acts or
tities, and the other parties, as well as omissions. The legal solution provides
protection of the public interest that access to the public authority by elec-
regulates the obligations of the minis- tronic means as well. The goal of this
tries, the authorities of the state admin- provision is to confirm that the igno-
istration, the organizations determined rance of the party that participates in
by law, the other state authorities, the the procedure should not be to the det-
legal entities and natural persons that riment of its legal rights and interests.
are prohibited by law to perform public With such behavior, the public authori-
authorizations, as well as the municipal ties will also apply the principle of ser-
authorities, of the city of Skopje, and the vice orientation.
municipalities in the City of Skopje (pub-
lic authorities) when in the performance Procedure through
of their legal competencies they act, re- one public authority
solve, and undertake other administra-
tive actions in administrative affairs. One of the essential novelties of the
Law is the introduction of the so called
Although the law is completely new, “procedure through one public author-
on this occasion we will dedicate time ity”. This procedure is applied in an
and space to several novelties whose ap- event when the Law stipulates that an
plication is expected to contribute for administrative procedure can be con-
acceleration and simplification of the ducted through one public authority. At
procedure in favor of the public and the the party’s request, all administrative
private interest. actions are being conducted through
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