Activites

• 2000/06/30 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 2000/1348
  • OJ L 160 30.06.2000, p. 0037
• #2266
• 2000/05/29 Council Meeting
• 2000/05/29 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2000/05/29 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2000/03/29 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(2000)0075 summary

    The Commission's amended proposal takes into account the European Parliament's amendments. Hence, the term "directive" has been replaced by the term "regulation" in the body of the text, in order to satisfy the Parliament's amendments which stipulates that the regulation, unlike a directive, has the advantage of ensuring rapid, clear and homogeneous implementation of the Community text - the objective of the proposal. With the exception of this amendment, which refers to the legal form of the instrument, overall, the proposed amendments are of a technical nature. The Commission accepted the amendments for the most part, partially or in their entirety.�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/justice/', 'title': 'Justice'}],
• #2229
• 1999/12/02 Council Meeting
• 1999/11/17 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0104/1999 summary

    In adopting the report adopted by Mr. Kurt LECHNER (EPP/ED, D), the European Parliament advocated that the act for adoption should be a Council Regulation and not, as the Commission had proposed, a Directive. It also adopted a certain number of amendments with the purpose of deleting certain derogations and exceptions. It also stressed the importance of the drawing up of a concise guide to the law relating to the use of languages in the Member States, together with a list of approved translators and translation agencies.�

• 1999/11/16 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 1999/11/09 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0060/1999
• 1999/07/23 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• #2184
• 1999/05/27 Council Meeting
  • 2184
• 1999/05/04 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1999)0219 summary

    PURPOSE : to improve and expedite the transmission of judicial and extrajudicial documents within the internal market. CONTENT : by basing itself on the new provisions of the Amsterdam Treaty, this proposal for a Directive marks the first instance of exercise of the right of initiative in the area of judicial cooperation in civil matters, now brought within the Community framework; its purpose is to improve and expedite the transmission of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters for service between Member States. It takes in most of the contents of the Convention of 26 May 1997 by insuring the continuity of the results obtained in the framework of its negotiation. As this Convention has not been ratified, its provisions are not applicable. Like the Convention it is to replace, the Directive is consistent with the 1965 Hague Convention, to which it owes a number of solutions, while introducing innovations in four main areas. Firstly, in order to avoid delays building up between successive intermediaries downstream of a document's transmission, it makes provision for establishing more direct channels between the persons or authorities responsible transmitting a document and those serving it or ensuring it. Next, it provides for certain practical means to be used to ease the practioners' task, including modern means of document transmission, a complete, user-friendly form and directories of Member States' designated receiving agencies. In addition, in order to safeguard the rights of the parties, it also introduces innovative rules on the translation of documents. It also establishes an advisory committee to assist the Commission with the implementing provisions. The Directive replaces the system for the service of documents referred to in Article IV of the Protocol to the Brussels Convention of 1968 on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters and in the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, for the purposes of relations between the Member States that are parties thereto.�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/justice/', 'title': 'Justice'}],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1999)0219
• Debate in Council: 2184
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0060/1999
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0104/1999
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(2000)0075
• : Regulation 2000/1348
• : OJ L 160 30.06.2000, p. 0037

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)