Activites

• 2002/05/01 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 2002/743
  • OJ L 115 01.05.2002, p. 0001-0005
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• 2002/04/25 Council Meeting
• 2002/04/25 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2002/04/25 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2002/03/12 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0090/2002 summary

    The European Parliament, using its procedure without debate, approved the proposal for judicial cooperation in civil matters, with a minor amendment regarding the definition of "legal practitioners."�

• 2002/02/04 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2002/01/14 Formal reconsultation of Parliament
• 2001/12/21 Amended legislative proposal for reconsultation published
  • 15532/2001 summary

    On the 16 June 2001, the Council consulted the European Parliament, by letter, on the proposed Regulation. The European Parliament gave its opinion on 23.10.2001 on this proposal. Given that it appointed a management committee procedure for the implementation of Article 8, COREPER decided on 19 December 2001 to reconsult the European Parliament on this text. �

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/justice/', 'title': 'Justice'}],
• 2001/11/22 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(2001)0705 summary

    The following sets out the Commission's position with regard to the amendments proposed by the European Parliament. The Commission can accept, wholly or in part, 4 of the amendments. With regard to the amendments accepted in whole or in part, these refer to: - the Robert Schuman Project, in view of that this project also forms part of previous actions in the field of Justice and Home Affairs; - the definition of the term "legal practitioners", which is to be slightly re-worded to avoid an exhaustive definition and to be in line with the wording used in the Grotius-civil programme. The Commission can accept both amendments, adding two recitals referring to the financial perspective and the administrative expenditure, with a slight adjustment of for the sake of clarity. With regard to amendments not accepted by the Commission these refer to the amendment proposing the adjustment of the article in order to stress the rights of the defence when promoting judicial cooperation aiming at ensuring legal certainty, one of the specific objectives of the proposal. This paragraph has been closely modelled upon the Tampere Conclusions. This is in line with the overall objective of proposal, that is, to support the development and implementation of policy in this area and thus contributing to the realisation of a European Judicial Area in civil matters. The proposal is not intended to create a new action plan, but rather to support the policy aims already laid down by the European Council and the Council. For these reasons the Commission cannot accept this amendment. The amendment entails making more generous the criteria for granting support to the activities of non-governmental organisations, by reducing the number of Member States that have to be involved in such organisations from two thirds of the Member States to one third. The Commission cannot accept this amendment. The purpose of the action in question is to support organisations with a true European dimension only. Lowering the criteria to one third would entail making organisations with a regional scope and character eligible for support also. In addition, the criteria of two thirds should be feasible also in a situation with more than 15 Member States of the European Union.�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/justice/', 'title': 'Justice'}],
• 2001/10/23 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0546/2001 summary

    The European Parliament approved the report by Christian Ulrik von BOETTICHER (EPP-ED, D) establishing a general framework for Community activities to facilitate the implementation of a European judicial area in civil matters. This report was approved with a number of non-binding amendments. With regard to the financial framework, the Parliament suggests that this should be compatible with the current ceiling under heading 3 of the financial perspective, with no restriction being placed on other currently funded programmes. The administrative expenditure should be covered from allocations under heading 5 within the framework of decisions to be taken during the annual budgetary procedure. �

• 2001/10/22 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2001/10/10 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0339/2001
• 2001/06/14 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2001/05/15 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2001)0221 summary

    PURPOSE : to establish, for the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006, a general framework for Community activities to facilitate the implementation of a European judicial areas in civil matters. CONTENT : as rapid and extensive developments have taken place following the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam. The Community now has an ambitious agenda ahead of itself in the area of judicial cooperation in civil matters. Following an analysis of the Grotius programme, it has therefore been found that a wider and more general framework for activities is needed, to provide the support necessary for policy development in this field. The proposed regulation establishing the legal basis for financing activities under the budget of the European Communities in the policy area of judicial cooperation in civil matters. It should not be seen as establishing a new action plan, but rather a general long-term framework for activities and prioritised objectives. On the basis of the framework, operational programmes and specific projects can be elaborated. The objectives of the framework have been closely linked to those set by the Treaty, by the Vienna Action Plan and by the Tampere conclusions. More specifically, the framework for activities shall have the following objectives: - to promote judicial cooperation; - to improve mutual knowledge of legal and judicial systems between the Member States; - to ensure the sound implementation and application of Community instruments in the area of judicial cooperation in civil matters; - to improve information to the public on access to justice, judicial cooperation and the legal systems of the Member States. Moreover, the new Community instruments adopted, or to be adopted, in this field, need appropriate monitoring to ensure that they are effectively implemented and applied. This is easily forgotten but equally important as adopting the instruments themselves, and has therefore been included as a separate objective. In terms of activities supported, the new framework allows for the continuation of the types of actions supported under the Grotius Programme, following its success, but it also goes further and has a wider scope. It allows for Commission actions to supplement the co-financed projects, to ensure that all political priorities will receive adequate and timely support, and it allows for Commission actions of its own initiative to fulfil the objective of ensuring the sound implementation and application of Community instruments. In addition, the framework allows for support to organisations that are continously active in judicial cooperation in civil matters, without necessarily carrying out specific projects. This possibility will further increase the flexibility of the framework. Lastly, it should be noted that this Regulation shall not apply to Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom.�

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

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2001)0221
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0339/2001
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0546/2001
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(2001)0705
• Amended legislative proposal for reconsultation published: 15532/2001
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0090/2002
• : Regulation 2002/743
• : OJ L 115 01.05.2002, p. 0001-0005

History

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