CAT/OP/POL/CSPRO/1 introducing new solutions and functions within the electronic monitoring system, the Minister of Justice will not be restricted by the time limits and formal requirements arising from the contract entered into with a private entity. 85. On 1 July 2018 the Act amending the Penal Enforcement Code and the Act on the Prison Service entered into force. The amendment enabled the delegation by the Minister of Justice to the Prison Service of the functions and tasks of the Monitoring Authority that is in charge of performing substantive and technical activities related to electronic monitoring. 86. In order to enable the performance of statutory tasks of the Monitoring Authority, twenty-five Field Teams were established around the country, which are located in twentythree field organisational units of the Prison Service. 87. Since 20 August 2018 statutory substantive and technical activities related to the Electronic Monitoring System were performed by the total of 312 officers and civil servants of the Prison Service who were members of Field Teams (104 women and 208 men). 88. The effectiveness and efficiency of executing the sentence in the Electronic Monitoring System is over 90% on average. From 7% to 10% failures are witnessed in the execution of penalties, penal measures and preventive measures by means of the Electronic Monitoring System, which result in revoking the courts’ decisions. Chart 3 Number of convicted persons covered by the electronic monitoring system 6000 5000 4000 0 4782 5391 50644969 10000 5013 4666 4709 4799 4256 20000 4346 30000 3000 2525 40000 2000 50000 56179 1000 2009/09/30 2009/12/31 2010/03/31 2010/06/30 2010/09/30 2010/12/31 2011/03/31 2011/06/30 2011/09/30 2011/12/31 2012/03/31 2012/06/30 2012/09/30 2012/12/31 2013/03/31 2013/06/30 2013/09/30 2013/12/31 2014/03/31 2014/06/30 2014/09/30 2014/12/31 2015/03/31 2015/06/30 2015/09/30 2015/12/31 2016/03/31 2016/06/30 2016/09/30 2016/12/31 2017/03/31 2017/06/30 2017/09/30 2017/12/31 2018/03/31 2018/06/30 2018/09/30 2018/12/31 0 60000 70000 UNTIL 14/10/2019 SENTENCES SERVED BY 89.231 CONVICTS - SYSTEM COVERED 93.920 PEOPLE During sentence Sentence finished 22