Activites

• 2001/06/27 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 2001/470
  • OJ L 174 27.06.2001, p. 0025
• #2350
• 2001/05/28 Council Meeting
• 2001/05/28 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2001/05/28 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2001/04/24 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(2001)0234 summary

    This amended proposal is adopted in response to amendments voted by Parliament. The Commission can accept a number of Parliament's amendments. The amendments accepted in whole or in part concern: - introducing clarifications as to the objectives of the Network; - introducing a new recital specifying that the Network is to contribute to the application of Council Regulation 44/2001/EC on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters and Council Regulation 1347/2000/EC on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and in matters of parental responsibility for joint children; - study proposals for the establishment of a central European Union database combining the general register of cases brought in the courts; - electronic data exchange system to be developed in the IDA programme; - the association the applicant countries with meetings of the Network, though it sees the need for a degree of flexibility that might be based on the nature of certain meetings or parts of meetings; - shorter deadlines (three years) for presentation of reports on the implementation and application of the decision; The amendments not accepted by the Commission include those relating to: - cooperation between the proposed European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters and the existing European Judicial Network in Criminal Matters; - limiting the number of representatives of each Member State at Network meetings to three. �

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/justice/', 'title': 'Justice'}],
• 2001/04/05 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0198/2001 summary

    The European Parliament voted to endorse the report by Mrs Margot KESSLER (PES, D) which aims to extend the existing judical network in criminal matters to civil and commercial law. Parliament's resolution takes the view that the proposal will be an opportunity to simplify judicial cooperation between the Member States and to facilitate cross-border legal procedures. (Please refer to the previous text). It should also be added that the Commission was called upon to come forward with proposals on setting up a Centralised Electronic Casebook and Judgement Registry Database.�

• 2001/04/04 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2001/03/20 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0091/2001
• 2000/11/13 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• #2288
• 2000/09/28 Council Meeting
  • 2288
• 2000/09/22 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2000)0592 summary

    PURPOSE: to present a Council Decision establishing a European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters. CONTENT: this document has been slightly modified in that the COM document reference number has been changed. This concerns only the English version. By Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, the Union set itself an objective of maintaining and developing the Union as an area of freedom, security and justice. Article 61(c) of the Treaty establishing the European Community provides that the Council shall adopt measures in the field of judicial cooperation in civil matters in order to establish progressively that area. This draft responds to the mandate given by three political instruments: - the Council and Commission Action Plan of 3 December 1998, presented to the Vienna Council of 11 and 12 December 1998, on how best to implement the provisions of the Treaty of Amsterdam on an area of freedom, security and justice; - the conclusions of the special European Council at Tampere in October 1999; - the Commission communication on the scoreboard to review progress on the creation of an area of "freedom, security and justice" in the European Union. Detailed discussions on the establishment and operation of a European Judicial Network in civil and commercical matters continued during the Portuguese Presidency. The effect is that the Commission can now present this proposal for a Council Decision. This proposal falls within this context. It seeks to ensure the sound operation of judicial procedures in civil and commercial matters with a cross-border impact. The ultimate aim of this draft is to simplify the life of Europe's citizens by improving judicial cooperation between the Member States in civil and commercial matters by giving them easier access to justice in a Member State other than their own. More specifically, the measure aims at networking the authorities of the Member States in an uniform manner throughout the European union. Since its purpose of improving cooperation between authorities of the Member States in litigation with a cross-border impact cannot be achieved by the Member States alone, action is needed at Community level. The proposed Decision pursues the objective of the coordinated and uniform Union-wide enhancement of judicial cooperation mechanisms and the provision of the public of practical information that might be useful to persons engaging in cross-border litigation. The proposal lays down only the minimum measures needed to attain the objectives pursued and does not go beyond what is necessary to that end. It is without prejudice to existing cooperation mechanisms and is based extensively on close cooperation between the Commission and the Member States. �

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

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2000)0592
• Debate in Council: 2288
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0091/2001
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0198/2001
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(2001)0234
• : Decision 2001/470
• : OJ L 174 27.06.2001, p. 0025

History

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