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Memorandum of Understanding on Specific Economic Policy Conditionality5.3.5. Development of e-justice applications in courts1. The Government updates, further refines and operationalizes the e-justice Action Plan(continuous, on a quarterly basis). Updated versions are to be submitted within 15calendar days from the expiration of the relevant quarter.2. The action plan will include additional actions as follows:i. An evaluation of the use of IT systems in courts (April 2014).ii. A timetable, including proposed deadlines, for the extension of case e-registration ande-tracking to all courts (April 2014).3. Implementation of integrated e-justice systems within the Framework of the E-justiceAction Plan:i. By December 2015, the Government completes the implementation of integrated e-justice applications, enabling e-filing, e-registration and e-tracking for courts that coverthe majority of the total in flow of cases in the country:a. The Magistrate Courts, Civil and Criminal Courts of First Instance & the Courts ofAppeal of Athens, Piraeus, Thessaloniki & Chalkida, including the respectiveProsecutors' Offices.b. All the Administrative Courts.ii. The Government completes the extension of the above applications to the other courts(December 2017).4. The Government ensures consistency of the e-Justice action plan with the national e-government strategy (continuous).5.3.6. Promotion of pre-trial conciliation and mediationPrior to the disbursement:a. The Authorities adopt legislation for the opening of the mediator profession tonon-lawyers.Other Actions1. The Ministry of Justice updates on a monthly basis the list of the Accredited Mediators andthe Mediators’ Training Centres on its website (continuous).5.3.7. Other measures on judicial reform1. Assessment of the Law on fair trial and conciliation (4055/2012): The Governmentconducts an assessment whether the enactment of Law 4055/12 has delivered the resultswhich the legislation intended to achieve, in particular as regards civil courts, improved caseprocessing in multi-member first instance courts, the speeding-up of the issue of provisionalmeasures, the strengthening of the institution of ‘voluntary jurisdiction’ in certain matters atthe level of the magistrates’ courts and efficiency gains in enforcement proceedings, and asregards administrative courts, the strengthening and general application of pilot proceedingsin the Council of State and the speeding-up of the issue of provisional measures. Theassessment is presented (April 2014).2. Administrative review of cases:i. The Government submits to Parliament a draft law on Administrative review of cases(May 2014).ii. The pilot project on administrative review of cases is implemented (January 2015).3. Based on the study of court fees delivered in November 2013, the authorities propose for aselective increase of court fees, in full accordance with the constitutional principle of accessto justice (September 2014).204