Article 133. Consideration of the issue of approval of the amicable agreement

The issue of approval of the amicable agreement shall be considered at the court session by the court considering the case. The persons participating in the case shall be notified on the time and place of holding the court session in the manner prescribed by article 127 of this Code.

Non-appearance of the persons properly informed on the time and place of holding the court session, shall not preclude the consideration of the issue of approval of the amicable agreement.

A ruling shall be made by the court on the approval of the amicable agreement, which shall declare the termination of the proceedings on the case.

In case of conclusion of an amicable agreement at the stage of execution of the judicial act, it shall be submitted for approval to the court of first instance that has considered the case.

The issue of approval of an amicable agreement that has been concluded at the stage of enforcement shall be considered within fifteen days starting from the day of its submission to the court in accordance to the rules provided for in parts one and two of this article.

The operative part of the ruling on approval of the amicable agreement shall specify the following:

1) conditions of the amicable agreement;

2) opinion on approval of the amicable agreement;

3) distribution of the court expenses;

4) information about termination of the case proceedings.

The concluding part of the decision of the court of appellate or cassation instance on the approval of the settlement agreement shall contain an instruction to annul all previously adopted court documents on the case, except for the information provided for in paragraph six of this article.

The operative part of the court ruling on the approval of the amicable agreement concluded at the stage of enforcement shall contain the conditions of the amicable agreement and the opinion on the approval of the amicable agreement.

A court document approving the settlement agreement may be appealed (protested).

An amicable agreement shall be executed by the persons who concluded it voluntarily and in the manner and within the time limits provided for by the agreement.

An amicable agreement approved by the court and which has not been executed voluntarily within the time limits specified by the agreement, shall be subject to enforcement according to the rules of section V of this Code on the basis of a writ of execution issued by the court at the petition of the person who entered into the amicable agreement, and with regards to the collection of the court expenses — at the initiative of the court.