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Justice institutions are financed from the State Budget or other legal sources[1], while budget planning is carried out by Justice institutions. The budget is voted and approved by the Parliament.

The High Judicial Council (KLGJ) is charged by law no. 115/2016, 3.11.2016 “For the governing bodies of the justice system” [2] to propose the budget for the judicial system, while KLGJ also administers and controls the budget of country's courts. Before the reform, the administration and budgeting was carried out by a budget administration office, reporting to a board headed by the chairman of the Supreme Court.

The judicial system[3] in the country includes 13 courts of General Jurisdiction of the First Instance; 1 Court of Appeal of General Jurisdiction; 1 Special Court of First Instance for the trial of criminal offenses of corruption and organized crime, 1 Special Court of Appeal for the trial of criminal offenses of corruption and organized crime; 2 Administrative Courts of First Instance, 1 Administrative Court of Appeal; 1 Supreme Court[4]

In the courts, the budget is now approved by the Council of the Court. Meanwhile, the General Prosecutor's Office monitors the budget of the country’s prosecutors’ offices.

The budget prepared and managed by Justice institutions has an internal monitoring by the structure responsible for the performance of the budget. The structure of financial management is set up in each court, while its size depends on the category of courts. The monitoring reports are prepared according to the relevant instructions of the Ministry of Finance[5].

[1] Article 95, law no. 115/2016, 3.11.2016 “For the governing bodies of the justice system” (Change some articles by the decisions of the Constitutional Court no. 41, dated 10.4.2017 and no. 78, dated 12.12.2017).

[2] Article 95/3, Law no. 115/2016, 3.11.2016 “For the governing bodies of the justice system” (Change some articles by the decisions of the Constitutional Court no. 41, dated 10.4.2017 and no. 78, dated 12.12.2017).

[3] Law no. 98/2016, 6.10.2016 "On the organization of judicial power in the Republic of Albania"

[4] Decision of the KLGJ no. 211, dated 10.06.2022 "For the approval of the evaluation report and the proposal of the inter-institutional work group on the reorganization of judicial districts and territorial powers of the courts"

[5] Instruction no. 22 dated 17.11.2016 "On Standard Monitoring Procedures of Central Government Units"; Instruction no. 14 dated 30.05.2023 "On standard budget monitoring procedures in Central Government Units"; Instruction no. 9, dated 20.03.2018