Procedures
A unified court system with economic courts inside it
The Civil Procedure Code of 1999 governs ordinary civil claims while the Code of Economic Procedure covers commercial disputes before the regional economic courts. The Supreme Court absorbed the former Supreme Economic Court in 2014.
Key rules
- Commercial disputes go to the regional economic courts under a separate procedural code.
- The general limitation period is three years.
- Appeal in civil cases lies within ten days of the judgment.
- Supervisory review by the Supreme Court may reopen final decisions on defined grounds.
Governing law
- Civil Procedure Code (1999)
- Code of Economic Procedure (1998)
- Code on judicial system and status of judges (2006)
In practice
The ten-day appeal window is among the shortest in the region and runs from the pronouncement rather than the written reasons, which catches out foreign parties routinely.