Neteisminė mediacija Lietuvos administraciniame procese: koncepcija ir plėtros kryptys

Straipsnyje analizuojama neteisminės mediacijos koncepcija Lietuvos administraciniame procese bei neteisminę mediaciją administraciniame procese sudarantys bendrieji ir specialieji požymiai, atsirandantys kaip klasikinės mediacijos ir administracinio proceso principų sintezės rezultatas. Nagrinėjamos pagrindinės neteisminės mediacijos įtvirtinimo Lietuvos administraciniame procese kryptys bei teisinės prielaidos. Remiantis atliktu tyrimu, yra teikiami siūlymai ir rekomendacijos dėl efektyvesnio neteisminės mediacijos taikymo Lietuvos administraciniame procese.

Nevertheless, the laws of Lithuania do not provide for the rules of the out of court mediation and the rights and obligations of the public authorities, which apply mediation procedure. Therefore, there is a risk of unlawful actions of public authorities, who have a right to act as mediators in the out of court mediation procedure. It should be also noted that the practice of public authorities, which shall apply out of court mediation in consumers disputes as it administrative function, is not the same. For instance, the Central bank of Lithuania settles disputes between consumers and financial market participants via out of court mediation. As statistics of the aforementioned disputes settlement mechanism shows, this mechanism is often used in order to settle disputes between consumers and financial market participants. However, for example, National Commission for Energy Control and Prices, which has a right to settle disputes between parties of energy sector via out of court mediation, has not received a single request to settle disputes via this alternative method. Therefore, the author of this article proposes to set the mandatory out of court mediation in the consumers’ disputes resolution.