INDICES

1. Time (days): 610 to 300 days;
2. Service of documents instituting proceedings: from 20 to 15;
3. Hearing and judgment: from 300 to 240;
4. Execution of the judgment: from 290 to 250;
5. Cost (% of claim): from 80 to 60;
6. Lawyer fees: from 70 to 50;
7. Legal expenses: from 7.8 to 5.8;
8. Implementation costs: 2.8 to 1.8;
9. Quality of judicial procedures (0-18): from 7 to 12;
10. Business management (0-6): 0.5 to 3;
11. Alternative dispute resolution methods (0-3): from 2 to 3.
    

REFORMS

• Application of OHADA Law through capacity building;
• Training of magistrates, judicial personnel and legal professionals;
• Distribution of Green Codes to magistrates, judicial personnel, administrations and public services;
• Establishment of commercial courts in Kinshasa and throughout the national territory (Gombe and Matete), etc.
• Establishment of Arbitration Centers;
• Accession to the New York Convention on the enforcement of arbitral awards made abroad;
• Adoption and promulgation of the Law on the modalities of application of Ohada Law in DRC.