As earlier, there is a large number of proceedings concerning the work of courts. In comparison to 2011, the number of proceedings concerning the area of government of the Ministry of Education and Research dropped almost by half, while the number of proceedings in the areas of government of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Defence increased. In the case of other agencies, the distribution is similar to the previous year. PART I STATISTICS OF PROCEEDINGS Proceedings initiated Finding of conflict with the Constitution or an Act Finding of violation of lawfulness or good administrative practice No proceedings conducted Harju County local authorities, except Tallinn city 45 7 0 2 38 Tallinn 66 6 0 0 60 Ida-Viru County local authorities, except Narva city 14 3 0 0 11 Narva 9 2 0 2 7 Jõgeva County local authorities 7 1 0 0 6 Järva County local authorities 4 2 0 0 2 Lääne County local authorities 4 1 0 0 3 Lääne-Viru County local authorities 12 6 0 5 6 Association of local government units or joint agency 2 0 0 0 2 Põlva County local authorities 6 0 0 0 6 Pärnu County local authorities 17 2 0 0 15 Rapla County local authorities 6 3 0 2 3 Saare County local authorities 5 0 0 0 5 Tartu County local authorities, except Tartu city 7 0 0 0 7 Tartu 16 1 0 0 15 Valga County local authorities 5 1 0 1 4 Viljandi County local authorities 6 1 0 0 5 Võru County local authorities 3 0 0 0 3 Agency, body, person PART III Cases opened PART II Table 3. Distribution of cases by respondents on local government level 43