{"id":297,"date":"2020-04-09T12:51:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T10:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/?p=297"},"modified":"2023-03-21T12:30:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T11:30:34","slug":"judicial-administrative-procedures-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/legal\/judicial-administrative-procedures-terms","title":{"rendered":"What will happen with judicial and administrative procedures during the State of Alarm?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All judicial and administrative procedures are <strong>paralyzed as a result of the State of Alarm<\/strong>, caused by the COVID-19 health crisis.&nbsp;The Public Administrations, the General Council of the Judiciary, and the Ministry of Justice have issued statements defining the measures that will be taken in their respective areas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To prevent the rights of those applicants and\/or claimants of judicial\/administrative procedures from being affected by the situation,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2020-3692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Royal Decree 463\/2020<\/a>, of March 14, announcing the State of Alarm for the management of the health crisis caused by COVID-19 stipulates the <strong>suspension of the deadlines for judicial and administrative procedures<\/strong>, as well as those of prescription and expiration of the legal deadlines for the exercise of all types of actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Deadlines for judicial procedures &nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The second additional clause of the aforementioned Royal Decree establishes that: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Terms are suspended and the time periods provided for in the procedural laws for all jurisdictional orders are suspended and interrupted&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The precept also states that <strong>the calculation of deadlines will resume at the time this Royal Decree loses validity<\/strong>, that is when the exceptional State of Alarm ends.&nbsp;However, legal professionals (especially lawyers and prosecutors) need a statement that clarifies how they should proceed on the Lexnet Platform, the system for managing electronic notifications with the courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Exceptions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The criminal laws specify that <strong>this suspension or interruption will not apply to habeas corpus proceedings<\/strong>, actions entrusted to custody or guard services, actions that involve a detainee, protection orders, urgent actions regarding penitentiary surveillance, and any precautionary measure in matters of violence against women or minors.&nbsp;In addition, during the investigation phase, the competent judge or court <strong>may agree to carry out actions that cannot be postponed<\/strong>, due to their urgent nature.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the rest of the jurisdictional orders, the terms of some procedures considered as priority will not be interrupted, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The procedures for the protection of the Fundamental Rights of a Person, provided in Art. 114 et seq. of Law 29\/1998, of 13 July, regulating the Contentious-Administrative Jurisdiction, or to the processing of the authorizations or judicial ratifications provided in Art. 8.6 of the aforementioned law.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The procedures for collective conflict and for the protection of fundamental rights and public liberties, regulated in Law 36\/2011, of October 10, on Social Jurisdiction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The judicial authorization for non-voluntary internment due to mental disorder, which is provided in Art. 763 of Law 1\/2000, of January 7, on Civil Procedure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The implementation of measures or provisions for the protection of minors, which are provided in Art. 158 of the Civil Code.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the judge or court in charge of civil, commercial, social, or administrative procedures, <strong>may agree to the practice of judicial actions<\/strong> that, &#8220;are necessary to avoid irreparable damage to the rights and legitimate interests of the parties in the procedures.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Deadlines of administrative procedures<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The deadlines for the processing of administrative procedures in Spanish entities are <strong>also suspended and interrupted<\/strong> (except those referring to facts justifying the State of Alarm), as provided in the third additional clause of the Royal Decree.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This measure affects the entire public sector<\/strong> defined in Law 39\/2015, of October 1st, on the Common Administrative Procedures of Public Administrations.<br>It is also expected that the competent body will be able to allow &#8220;the management and instruction measures strictly necessary <strong>to avoid serious damage to the rights and interests of the interested party<\/strong> in the procedure.&#8221;&nbsp;To do this, the entity must first express its agreement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Prescription and expiration of actions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, the Royal Decree also deals with the terms of the actions.&nbsp;Thus, it stipulates in its fourth additional clause that the prescription and expiration periods of any type of actions and rights will be &#8220;<strong>suspended during the period of validity of the State of Alarm<\/strong> and, where appropriate, of the extensions that are implemented&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Any doubts about these new regulations?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We want to listen to you and know what your questions are about the administrative procedures you have to carry out.&nbsp;Count on&nbsp;<strong>the advice of our experts<\/strong>&nbsp;to answer all your queries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Entre Tr\u00e1mites<\/a>&nbsp;we invite you to know about&nbsp;all our <a href=\"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">services<\/a>. Fill in our <a href=\"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/contact-form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contact form<\/a>&nbsp;and we will call you to&nbsp;<strong>help you as soon as possible<\/strong>, schedule a <a href=\"https:\/\/entretramites.com\/en\/free-consultation-30-minutes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free online consultation<\/a>, or simply text our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?phone=34645789865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WhatsApp<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All administrative and judicial processes are paralyzed as a result of the State of Alarm, caused by COVID-19. So, what to do now? 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