Luxembourg (Europe)

Prof. Gilles Cuniberti of the Research Unit in Law has been selected by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers (DG JUST) to join an expert group on the Modernisation of Judicial Cooperation in Civil and Commercial Matters.

The Expert Group will assist the Commission in assessing further needs and gaps in the current legal framework of judicial cooperation, including the preparation of a possible initiative with regard to (but not limited to) Regulation (EC) 1393/2007 on service of documents and Regulation (EC) 1206/2001 on taking of evidence.

The EU has the task to develop the European area of justice in civil matters based on principle of mutual trust and mutual recognition of judgements. The area of justice requires judicial cooperation over the borders. For this purpose, and for the proper functioning of the internal market, the EU has adopted legislation on cross-border service of judicial and extrajudicial documents and on cooperation in taking of evidence.

These are crucial instruments to regulate judicial assistance in civil and commercial matters between the member states. Their common purpose is to provide an efficient framework for cross-border judicial cooperation. They have replaced the earlier international, more cumbersome system of Hague conventions between the member states.

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