During the reference period, the Constitutional Court declared as unconstitutional 17 some provisions of Article 161 par. (1) and of Article 162 par. (2) of the Enforcement Code, thus resolving the divergences of regulations generated by several provisions of the same normative act, regarding the contestation of acts issued in the enforcement proceedings. Due to the normative inconsistency, both the litigants and the subjects with the right to apply the Enforcement Code were in difficulty, being put in the situation to choose between several possible variants. Also by the judgment of October 8, 201918 the Constitutional Court declared as unconstitutional the word "may" in Article 61 paragraph (1) of the Enforcement Code, which offered too much discretionary power to bailiffs regarding the initiation or refusal to initiate forced enforcement proceedings. On July 24, 2019, the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) published an interim report analyzing the level of implementation of the recommendations in the 2016 evaluation report. GRECO noted that Moldova has met four of the 18 recommendations, nine recommendations have been partially implemented, and five were not implemented at all. GRECO considered that the efforts to improve the transparency of the legislative process in Parliament are insufficient. The institution recommended the timely publication of draft laws and related information, allowing a meaningful public and parliamentary debate on draft normative acts. GRECO was also concerned about the composition of the Superior Council of Prosecutors (SCP), namely the fact that the Minister of Justice and the President of the Superior Council of Magistracy (SCM) continue to be ex officio members of the SCP. A similar recommendation was made regarding the composition of the SCM and the cancellation of the ex officio membership of the Minister of Justice and the Prosecutor General. GRECO requested the Moldovan authorities to report on the implementation of the recommendations by June 30, 2020. The People's Advocate recommends to the Ministry of Justice, as well as to other competent authorities, the public consultation, including of the professional groups in the field of justice and of the academic environment, of the draft normative acts. On March 13, 2019, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) presented a report on the independence of the judiciary in the Republic of Moldova19. The ICJ report notes significant progress regarding the audio recording of court hearings, random distribution of cases and 17 Decision of the Constitutional Court no. 8 of April 5, 2019;; Decision of the Constitutional Court no. 22 of October 8, 2019; 19 LRCM newsletter, January - March 2019; 18 11

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