Legal News October 2016

In this issue:

Administrative Instruction No. 12/2016 on defining the procedure for digitalization of scanned basic civil status registers Administrative Instruction No. 13/2016 "On equipping with ID Card, passport and driving license with accelerated procedure" Administrative Instruction No. 14/2016 "On authorized destruction of public documents and official notes" Administrative Instruction No. 15/2016 "On the manner of establishing and functioning of business incubators" I. Administrative Instruction No. 12/2016 "On defining the procedure for digitalization of scanned basic civil status registers"

On 7 October 2016, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo (MIA), issued the Administrative Instruction (AI) No. 12/2016 "On defining the procedure for digitalization of scanned basic civil status registers". The legal basis for this Administrative Instruction is the Law No. 04/L-003 on Civil Status.

The AI defines procedures for digitalization of the scanned Principal Civil Status Registers for Establishing the Electronic Archive of Principal Civil Status Registers.

Article 4 of the said AI, lists the types of data that will be digitalized from each respective registry i.e. Birth Registry, Marriage Registry, and Death Registry. The present AI does not cover digitalization of data from other registries but it provides that the manner for digitalization of other Registers will be regulated with a special act issued by the General Director of the Civil Registration Agency (CRA).

Competent authority for the implementation of this Administrative Instruction is the Civil Registration Agency in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

2. Administrative Instruction No. 13/2016 "On equipping with ID card, passport and driving license with accelerated procedure"

   The Ministry of Internal Affairs issued the Administrative Instruction No.13/2016 "On equipping with ID cards, passport and driving license with accelerated procedure", which was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Kosovo on 13th of October 2016.

   This AI regulates the procedure for obtaining ID card, passport and driving license with accelerated procedure in the Republic of Kosovo.

   As per this AI the procedure on obtaining any of the above-mentioned documents with accelerated procedure shall be completed within 72 hours from the moment of filing the application at the Center of Equipment of Documents (CED). This timeline is not calculated

   From 16:00 hrs on Friday...