ON STATE GUARANTEED LEGAL AID   |   111 / 2017

Article 15: Delivery of primary legal aid by the not-for-profit organizations

  1. Non-profit organizations provide primary legal aid services in compliance with the authorisation approved by the Ministry of Justice. The procedures and documentation for their authorisation are determined by decision of the Council of Ministers.
  2. Non-profit organizations that are authorized for delivery of primary legal aid services shall fulfil the following criteria:

a) be registered in accordance with the legislation in force for non-profit organizations; 

b) to have as the object of their activity provided for in the statute the provision of legal aid services;

c) have paid their tax obligations in accordance with the legislation in force;

ç) to have experience in the delivery of legal aid;

d) not be in the process of bankruptcy and / or liquidation;

dh) The members of the highest decision-making body and the executive body of the Non-Profit Organization shall not be sentenced by a final court decision for committing an intentional criminal offense which would endanger the public trust and proper delivery of primary legal aid.

  1. The non-for-profit organizations authorised for the delivery of primary legal aid receive financing by the state budget, after a competitive and transparent selection process. The procedure, rules of selection of authorised non-for-profit organizations, that benefit financing by the state budget and the manner of their financing shall be defined by decision of the Council of Ministers.

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