Judicial cooperation in civil matters
Judicial cooperation in civil matters aims to establish closer cooperation between the authorities of Member States. It seeks to eliminate obstacles deriving from incompatibilities between the various legal and administrative systems, and thus facilitate access to justice. Its cornerstone is the principle of mutual recognition and enforcement of judgements and of decisions resulting from extrajudicial cases. Judicial cooperation in civil matters contributes to the area of justice, freedom and security, as governed by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Title V).
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GENERAL FRAMEWORK
- The Stockholm Programme
- Action plan on the Stockholm Programme
- The Hague Programme: 10 priorities for the next five yearsArchives
- Facilitating judicial cooperation in civil matters
- Civil Justice specific programme (2007-2013)
- Accession to the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH)
- Convention on Choice of Court Agreements
- Convention on parental responsibility and protection of children
- European and international courts
- Justice Forum
- Applying the codecision procedure to maintenance obligations
- European contract law
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MUTUAL RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS
- Mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters (Proposal)
- Maintenance obligations
- European small claims procedure
- European order for payment procedure
- European enforcement order for uncontested claims
- Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (“Brussels I”)
- Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility (“Brussels II”)
- Insolvency proceedings
- Alternative dispute resolution: mediation
- Strengthening cooperation with Switzerland, Norway and Iceland: the Lugano Convention (2007)
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Green Papers
- Enforcing judgments: the transparency of debtors' assetsArchives
- Better enforcement of monetary claims: the attachment of bank accountsArchives
- Conflict of laws in matters concerning matrimonial property regimes (Green Paper)Archives
- Succession and wills (Green Paper)Archives
- Green Paper on maintenance obligationsArchives
- COOPERATION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES
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APPLICABLE LAW
- The law applicable to contractual obligations – The Rome I Regulation
- Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome Convention)Archives
- The law applicable to non-contractual obligations - The Rome II Regulation
- Jurisdiction, applicable law and a European Certificate in succession matters
- Applicable law and jurisdiction in matrimonial matters (Proposal for a Regulation)
- Applicable law and jurisdiction in divorce matters (Green Paper)Archives
- ACCESS TO JUSTICE
See also
- Overviews of European Union: Justice and home affairs