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Memorandum of Understanding on Specific Economic Policy Conditionalityiv. Develop a strong thematic focus and concentrate investment priorities on the areasconsidered as strategic, following the RIS3 exercise, for the Greek economy andsociety in the Partnership Agreement.v. Leverage private investment and foster more collaborative and systemic innovationbased on a Triple Helix approach (cooperation between academia, business andgovernment).3. Adopt legislation setting out guidelines on scientific and technological R&D eligible fortax credits as required under Art. 22A of the Income Tax Code (May 2014).5.3. Reforming the judicial system to support economic activityTo improve the functioning of the judicial system, which is essential for the proper and fairfunctioning of the economy, and without prejudice to the constitutional principles and theindependence of justice, the Government: (i) ensures effective and timely enforcement of contracts,competition rules and judicial decisions; (ii) increases efficiency by adopting organisational changes tocourts; (iii) speeds up the administration of justice by eliminating backlog of court cases and byfacilitating out-of-court settlement mechanisms.In designing and implementing the measures below, the Government consults the EC/IMF/ECB.5.3.1. Review of the code of civil procedure1. The Authorities include in the draft code of civil procedure provisions aiming at reinforcingthe effectiveness of the enforcement of civil court decisions (April 2014).2. The Authorities submit the final draft Code of civil procedure to the Hellenic Parliament(April 2014).3. The new code is adopted (May 2014).5.3.2. Judicial statistics1. In order to facilitate the implementation of a performance and accountability framework forcourts, the Government will compile and publish on its website the information indicated inSection 10 of this Memorandum (quarterly).2. The authorities will provide the courts with web application system to transfer data from thecourts to the Ministry by (September 2014).5.3.3. Tax case backlog reduction1. Building on the assessment of the impact of all the past measures aimed at the reduction ofthe backlog in the administrative courts, the Government proposes (April 2014), measuresthat can be implemented in the short term to reduce the backlog of tax cases, such as, atemporary and fast track procedure to deal with tax cases below EUR 50,000 that have beenpending in an administrative justice court for more than 2 years.5.3.4. Non-tax case backlog reduction1. The authorities report on the implementation of the obligation of the judges to determine thehearing interim measures requests within 30 days from the issuance of the requestedtemporary order, according to Law 4055/2012 (April 2014).203