2.1. Review of constitutionality and legality of legislation of general application The figures concerning statistics of proceedings are based only on the proceedings opened in 2012. All the opinions of the Chancellor, including those concerning cases opened before 2012, are available in Estonian on the website of the Chancellor of Justice.42 PART II The Chancellor’s opinions in case of petitions declined for proceedings o explanation given of reasons for refusal; o petition forwarded to other competent bodies; o petition taken note of. PART III The Chancellor’s opinions in special proceedings o an opinion within constitutional review court proceedings; o a reply to an interpellation by a member of the Riigikogu; o a reply to a written enquiry by a member of the Riigikogu; o an opinion on a draft legal act; + a proposal to grant consent to lifting the immunity of a member of the Riigikogu and drawing up a statement of charges in respect of the member; – an opinion to the Riigikogu on lifting the immunity of a member of the Riigikogu; + initiating disciplinary proceedings against a judge; – a decision not to initiate disciplinary proceedings against a judge; + an agreement reached within conciliation proceedings; – terminating or suspending conciliation proceedings due to failure to reach an agreement. PART I STATISTICS OF PROCEEDINGS The Chancellor opened 98 cases to review the constitutionality and legality of legislation of general application, which makes up 6% of the total number of cases and 33% of the total number of substantive proceedings of cases. Of these, 85 were opened on the basis of petitions and 13 on own initiative. Within constitutional review proceedings the following were scrutinised: • conformity of Acts with the Constitution (75 proceedings, of these 66 based on petitions by individuals and 9 on own initiative); • conformity of Government regulations with the Constitution and Acts (5 proceedings, one of these based on a petition by an individual); • conformity of regulations of Ministers with the Constitution and Acts (8 proceedings, of these 7 based on petitions by individuals and one on own initiative); • conformity of regulations of local councils and rural municipality and city administrations with the Constitution and Acts (7 proceedings, of which 6 based on petitions by individuals); • conformity of other legislation with the Constitution and Acts (3 proceedings, of which 2 based on petitions by individuals) (see also Figure 3). Figure 3. Distribution of constitutional review proceedings 42 http://oiguskantsler.ee/et/seisukohad/viimased-seisukohad 35