{"id":690,"date":"2020-03-20T10:56:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T10:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/?p=690"},"modified":"2020-05-20T16:00:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T16:00:20","slug":"review-of-supreme-court-matters-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/en\/review-of-supreme-court-matters-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of Supreme Court Matters in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Signe R\u00e4tsep<br \/>\n<\/strong>Chief Specialist of the Legal Information and Judicial Training Department of the Supreme Court<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Kristi Aule Parmas<br \/>\n<\/strong>Chief Specialist of the Legal Information and Judicial Training Department of the Supreme Court<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Statistical information on the work of the Supreme Court is collected on the basis of procedural requests submitted to the Supreme Court and the matters they have reviewed. Information on reviewed matters and requests for proceedings is collected in three types of court proceedings: civil, administrative and offence proceedings. In constitutional review proceedings, information is collected only on the matters reviewed. In requests for proceedings, consideration is given to appeals in cassation, appeals against court rulings and applications for review as well as state legal aid applications and legal aid applications. Records of reviewed matters are kept according to the matters.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Review of Requests for Proceedings in the Supreme Court Chambers<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-726\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" td-modal-image wp-image-726 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court1.png 1920w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court1-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court1-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court1-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court1-1536x885.png 1536w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court1-696x401.png 696w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court1-1392x802.png 1392w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court1-1068x615.png 1068w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court1-729x420.png 729w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court1-1458x840.png 1458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 1. Review of requests for proceedings in the Supreme Court between 2015\u20132019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2019, 13% of the requests (313 out of 2,389) reviewed were processed. In comparison: In 2018, 14% of requests (315 out of 2,308) were processed, in 2017, 13% of requests (367 out of 2,728) were processed and in 2016, 15% of requests (432 out of 2,839) were processed. A year before that, this indicator was a percent higher, that is 16% (of 2,877 requests, 457 were processed). Therefore, during the years 2015-2019, the ratio of requests processed has fallen.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_728\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-728\" style=\"width: 1978px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" td-modal-image wp-image-728 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1978\" height=\"1120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court2.png 1978w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court2-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court2-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court2-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court2-1536x870.png 1536w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court2-696x394.png 696w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court2-1392x788.png 1392w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court2-1068x605.png 1068w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court2-1920x1087.png 1920w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court2-742x420.png 742w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court2-1484x840.png 1484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1978px) 100vw, 1978px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 2. Review of requests for proceedings by type of proceeding, 2019<strong style=\"color: #222222; font-size: 15px;\">\u00a0<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the Civil Chamber, there were a total of 1,290 requests for proceedings (1,246 in 2018), of which 1,080 were filed in 2019. The Civil Chamber reviewed 1,100 requests (1,028 in 2018). They made decisions on acceptance or rejection for 934 matters (868 in 2018), of which 157 were accepted for processing (157 in 2018).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-730\" style=\"width: 1952px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" td-modal-image wp-image-730 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1952\" height=\"1120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court3.png 1952w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court3-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court3-1024x588.png 1024w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court3-768x441.png 768w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court3-1536x881.png 1536w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court3-696x399.png 696w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court3-1392x799.png 1392w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court3-1068x613.png 1068w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court3-1920x1102.png 1920w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court3-732x420.png 732w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court3-1464x840.png 1464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1952px) 100vw, 1952px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 3. Review of requests for proceedings in the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Administrative Law Chamber had 809 requests for proceedings in 2019 (974 in 2018), of which 651 were filed in 2019. The Administrative Law Chamber reviewed 698 requests (804 in 2018) and made decisions on acceptance or rejection for 663 requests (747 in 2018). Of those, 75 were accepted for processing (93 in 2018).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_732\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-732\" style=\"width: 1978px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" td-modal-image wp-image-732 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1978\" height=\"1128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court4.png 1978w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court4-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court4-1024x584.png 1024w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court4-768x438.png 768w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court4-1536x876.png 1536w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court4-696x397.png 696w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court4-1392x794.png 1392w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court4-1068x609.png 1068w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court4-1920x1095.png 1920w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court4-736x420.png 736w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court4-1473x840.png 1473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1978px) 100vw, 1978px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 4. Review of requests for proceedings in the Administrative Law Chamber of the Supreme Court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Criminal Chamber received 1,222 requests for proceedings in 2019 (1,170 in 2018), of which 1,082 were filed in 2019. They reviewed 1,066 requests (976 in 2018) and made decisions on acceptance or rejection for 792 of them (693 in 2018). 81 requests were accepted for processing (65 in 2018).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_734\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-734\" style=\"width: 1984px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" td-modal-image wp-image-734 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1984\" height=\"1136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court5.png 1984w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court5-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court5-1024x586.png 1024w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court5-768x440.png 768w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court5-1536x879.png 1536w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court5-696x399.png 696w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court5-1392x797.png 1392w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court5-1068x612.png 1068w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court5-1920x1099.png 1920w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court5-734x420.png 734w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court5-1467x840.png 1467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1984px) 100vw, 1984px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 5. Review of requests for proceedings in the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Results of Reviews of Matters in Supreme Court Chambers<\/h3>\n<h4>Constitutional Review Proceedings<\/h4>\n<p>In constitutional review procedure, forty-five matters were reviewed by the Supreme Court in 2019. On two occasions, the constitutional review matter was resolved by the Supreme Court <em>en banc<\/em>. Table 1 below shows the results of these constitutional review matters in more detail. In the matters reviewed by the Constitutional Review Chamber and the Supreme Court <em>en banc<\/em>, disputed provisions of legal acts were declared unconstitutional and invalid in seven matters and one regulatory act not yet in force was declared unconstitutional. In one matter, an application to annul the decision of the National Electoral Committee was granted and the Committee was required to make a new decision on the matter. 28 requests were rejected and eight petitions were rejected without review.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_736\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-736\" style=\"width: 1668px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" td-modal-image wp-image-736 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1668\" height=\"1230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court6.png 1668w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court6-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court6-1024x755.png 1024w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court6-768x566.png 768w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court6-1536x1133.png 1536w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court6-696x513.png 696w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court6-1392x1026.png 1392w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court6-1068x788.png 1068w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court6-570x420.png 570w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court6-1139x840.png 1139w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court6-80x60.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1668px) 100vw, 1668px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Table 1. Results of constitutional review matters in 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Review of Matters in the Criminal, Administrative Law and Civil Chambers<\/h3>\n<p>The Criminal Chamber adjudicated a total of 66 offense matters, 54 of which were criminal and 12 of which were misdemeanour matters. In five criminal matters and one misdemeanour matter, the appealed court decision was upheld. Rulings made by lower level courts were annulled in 46 criminal matters and 11 misdemeanour matters. The reasoning for an appealed court ruling was amended in five instances.<\/p>\n<p>The Civil Chamber adjudicated 141 matters in 2019. The Civil Chamber annulled 100 appealed rulings, left 27 unchanged and changed the reasoning for a ruling in 12 instances.<\/p>\n<p>The Administrative Law Chamber adjudicated 82 administrative matters. The Administrative Law Chamber annulled 55 appealed ruling from lower courts. They upheld 12 rulings and changed the reasoning for rulings in 14 instances.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-738\" style=\"width: 2038px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" td-modal-image wp-image-738 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2038\" height=\"1158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court7.png 2038w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court7-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court7-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court7-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court7-1536x873.png 1536w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court7-696x395.png 696w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court7-1392x791.png 1392w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court7-1068x607.png 1068w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court7-1920x1091.png 1920w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court7-739x420.png 739w, https:\/\/aastaraamat.riigikohus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screenshot-Supreme-Court7-1478x840.png 1478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2038px) 100vw, 2038px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 6. Review of matters brought to the Criminal, Administrative Law and Civil Chambers, 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>____________________________<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> More detailed information on requests for proceedings and review of court matters in the Supreme Court since 1993 is available on the website of the Supreme Court: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riigikohus.ee\/et\/riigikohus\/riigikohtu-tegevust-iseloomustav-statistika\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.riigikohus.ee\/et\/riigikohus\/riigikohtu-tegevust-iseloomustav-statistika<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><i>Signe R\u00e4tsep, Chief Specialist of the Legal Information and Judicial Training Department of the Supreme Court<br \/>\nKristi Aule Parmas, Chief Specialist of the Legal Information and Judicial Training Department of the Supreme Court<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Statistical information on the work of the Supreme Court is collected on the basis of procedural requests submitted to the Supreme Court and the matters they have reviewed. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-statistics-19","category-year-2019"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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