European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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Reorganisation Act (Saneerimisseadus).
The Estonian legal framework for insolvency envisages two options: liquidation or reorganisation. A debtor may file for both liquidation and reorganisation while a creditor for liquidation only.??The reorganisation act regulates the reorganisation proceedings for enterprises aiming at protecting the interest and the rights of the creditors of the company and of third parties in the course enterprise's reorganisation.
Reorganisation can occur if:
The court shall commence reorganisation proceedings by a ruling within seven days after the receipt of the reorganisation application. The ruling must contain:
The court also appoints a reorganisation adviser. The duty of a reorganisation adviser is to inform the obligees and the court of the economic situation and reorganisation possibilities of the enterprise in an impartial and competent manner, to advise and assist the company in the course of reorganisation proceedings and to verify the lawfulness of the claims of the creditors and the purposefulness of the transactions of the company.
Reorganisation proceedings stop upon revocation of the reorganisation plan, implementation of the reorganisation plan before the due date or upon expiry of the term for implementation of the reorganisation plan which is set out in the reorganisation plan.
In 2020, 341 companies went bankrupt (0.15% of all the registered companies), and in 2019 the number was 271. 273 companies went bankrupt in 2018, out of which 260 were private companies and 13 were joint-stock corporations. In 2017, 343 businesses filed for insolvency. Data on insolvency proceedings can be accessed on the e-Business Register website.
Eurofound (2016), Estonia: Rescue procedures in insolvency, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/rescue-procedures-in-insolvency/estonia
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