Article 2032. Cases considered under summary proceedings procedure

If the amount of the claim does not exceed one hundred and fifty times the base calculating amount in respect of legal entities, and one hundred times the base calculating amount in respect of individual entrepreneurs, cases on statements of claim shall be considered under the simplified proceedings procedure.

Other cases may also be considered under summary proceedings procedure at a petition of the plaintiff and with consent of the respondent, if there are no circumstances specified in part four of this article.

Cases on corporate disputes and cases on the application of enforcement action shall not be considered under summary proceedings procedure.

The court shall issue a ruling on the consideration of the case under general rules of adversary proceedings, if, in the course of the consideration of the case under summary proceedings procedure the petition of the third party to join the case has been satisfied and the counterclaim, which may not be considered under the rules established by this chapter, has been accepted or the court, including at a petition of one of the parties, has come to conclusion that:

1) consideration of the case under summary proceedings procedure may lead to the disclosure of state secrets, commercial or other secrets protected by law;

2) it is necessary to find out additional circumstances or examine additional evidence, as well as conduct an inspection and examination of evidence at the place of its location, appoint an expert examination or hear witness testimonies;

3) the stated demand is related to other demands, including the demands to third parties, or to the judicial act adopted on this case or the rights and legally protected interests of third parties may be violated.

The ruling on the consideration of the case under general rules of adversary proceedings shall specify the actions that must be performed by the persons participating in the case, and the time limits for performing these actions. After the ruling has been adopted, the case shall be considered from the beginning.

In the event that several related demands have been stated, one of which relates to the demands specified in part one of this article, and the others are not related to them, all demands shall be subject to consideration under general rules of adversary proceedings established by this Code.