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Поглед към прилагането на административнопроцесуалния кодекс
A Look at the Application of the Code of Administrative Procedure

Author(s): Emilia Kandeva
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, EU-Legislation, Administrative Law
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: code of administrative procedure; regulation; supreme administrative court; state administration
Summary/Abstract: Administrative law faces the very difficult task of striking a fair balance between the need for a functioning and efficient state administration, on the one hand, and the protection of the interests and rights of specific citizens and organisations, on the other. The Code of Administrative Procedure (CAP) created a comprehensive and unified new regulation of administrative procedure. It has contributed significantly to the establishment of the rule of law as the surest guarantee for the protection of the rights of citizens and organisations in their contacts with the administration, as well as to the achievement of a simpler, faster, more accessible and more comprehensible administrative procedure for citizens. As regards administrative justice, the CAP has achieved its main task of unifying and reorganising the administrative justice system. The CAP has created a comprehensive model for the review of the legality of administrative activity through the establishment of a unified two-instance system of administrative courts headed by the Supreme Administrative Court.