Article 154. Refusal to accept the statement of claim for proceedings

The judge shall refuse to accept the statement of claim for proceedings if:

1) the case is not under the jurisdiction of the economic court, the civil court or the administrative court;

2) there is a judgment or ruling, which entered into a legal force, on the termination of the proceedings on the case of an economic court adopted on a dispute between the same persons, on the same subject matter, and on the same grounds or a judgment or ruling on the approval of an amicable agreement of a civil court;

3) in the proceedings of an economic court, a civil court, an arbitration court, there is a case on a dispute between the same persons, on the same subject and on the same grounds;

4) there is an award, which entered into a legal force, of a court of arbitration adopted on a dispute between the same persons, on the same subject matter, and on the same grounds, with the exception of the instances, when the economic court has refused to issue a writ of execution for enforcement of the award of the court of arbitration;

41) there is an arbitration award that has entered into force in a dispute between the same persons, on the same subject and on the same grounds, except in cases when the economic court refused to recognize and enforce the arbitration award;

5) there is ruling on the termination of arbitration proceedings adopted on a dispute between the same persons, on the same subject matter, and on the same grounds, with the exception of the instances, when the arbitration proceedings have been terminated due to the absence of competence of the court of arbitration to consider this dispute.

51) there is a ruling on termination of arbitration proceedings made regarding a dispute between the same persons, on the same subject and on the same grounds, except for the case where the arbitration proceedings are terminated due to the lack of competence of the arbitration court to consider the dispute.

5²) if there is a court ruling on the issuance of a writ of execution for the compulsory enforcement of a mediation agreement concluded in respect of a dispute between the same parties, on the same subject matter, and on the same grounds.

The ruling on refusal to accept the statement of claim may be appealed against (protested). In the event of cancellation of the ruling, the statement of claim shall be deemed to be submitted on the day of its initial receipt by the court.