STATISTICS OF PROCEEDINGS PART II PART III Within constitutional review proceedings the following were scrutinised: • conformity of Acts with the Constitution (105 proceedings, of these 92 based on petitions by individuals and 13 on own initiative); • conformity of regulations of local councils and rural municipality and city governments with the Constitution and Acts (17 proceedings, of which 11 based on petitions by individuals); • conformity of regulations of Ministers with the Constitution and Acts (9 proceedings, of these 6 based on petitions by individuals and 3 on own initiative); • conformity of Government regulations with the Constitution and Acts (5 proceedings based on a petition by an individual). PART I number of substantive proceedings of cases. Of these, 114 were opened on the basis of petitions and 22 on own initiative. The Chancellor reached the following opinions as a result of review of the constitutionality and legality of legislation of general application133: • opinion stating a finding of no conflict (79 cases); • memorandum to executive authorities for initiating a Draft Act (7 cases)134; • issue resolved by the institution during the proceedings (3 cases); • memorandum to executive authorities for adopting a legislative act (1 case); • proposal to bring an Act into conformity with the Constitution (1 case); • proposal to bring a regulation into conformity with the Constitution (1 case). PART IV Figure 3. Distribution of constitutional review proceedings Figure 4. Chancellor’s opinions upon review of conformity with the Constitution and Acts In case of proceedings for review of conformity with the Constitution and Acts, the Chancellor found conflict with the Constitution or an Act in 7.4% of the cases. In 2012, the indicator was 13%. 133 Within the cases opened in the previous years, in 2013 the Chancellor made 5 requests to the Riigikogu which are available in Estonian on the website of the Chancellor of Justice. 134 Together with the cases opened in the previous years, in 2013 the Chancellor issued 21 memorandums which are available in Estonian on the website of the Chancellor of Justice 73