Abstract

Due to the actual limitation of the courts’ work during the epidemic caused by the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus the legislator decided, among other things, to introduce a provision suspending the procedural time limits in civil matters. This regulation, in force from 31 March 2020 to 15 May 2020, generated numerous doubts, among which the basic ones concerned intertemporal issues, while other were related to the category of urgent matters and the rule of not conducting hearings and open sessions during the state of epidemic. The article addresses these issues and refers to concerns raised by both legal practitioners and theorists.