The EFFORTS Project in brief
Embracing a practice driven approach, a consortium of experts in international procedural law will analyse the existing legislation and case-law of the 7 targeted Member States (Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg), promote the exchange of practices among operators (at 7 seminars) and collect good practices, with regards to the interaction of EU Regulations on circulation of judicial decisions and national legislation.
The consortium will: pursue clarity by means of 7 Practice Guides on cross-border recovery of claims in the targeted Member States – contribute to the improvement of existing EU and national legislation by drafting Policy recommendations for national and EU policymakers – setting up the EFFORTS Network and a Working Group on the digitalization of enforcement procedures.
Entities that support the Project include: Italian Ministry of Justice, Croatian Ministry of Justice, Lithuanian Ministry of Justice, Lithuanian Chambers of Judicial O cers, EuroCollectNet Lawyers – International Debt Recovery Association, German Federal Bar Association, Milan Bar Association, Working group for international commercial law of the German Lawyer Association, Law – Made in Germany initiative of the German Lawyer Association, IBA Litigation Committee, Italian Association for Family Lawyers
News on international and comparative civil procedural law
1. Summer school on Transnational Litigation: Current Issues In Civil And Commercial Matters
When: 19-23 July 2021
Who: The School of Law of the University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus
Where: Ravenna, blended
2. Conference on Third-Party Funding and E-Justice in International Dispute Resolution
When: 20 July 2021
Who: Jean Monnet Module, Università degli Studi di Milano
Where: Free-of-charge Live Webinar upon registration
3. Briefing paper on the Computerised system for communication in cross-border judicial proceedings (e-CODEX)
On 14 June 2021, the European Parliamentary Research Service published a briefing (author Rafał Mańko) on the Proposal for a Regulation on a computerised system for communication in cross-border civil and criminal proceedings (e-CODEX system) of 2 December 2020.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2021/690667/EPRS_BRI(2021)690667_EN.pdf
For more information about the e-Codex: https://www.e-codex.eu/about
4. Publications
- M.ª V. Cuartero Rubio, Cooperación judicial civil en la Unión Europea y tutela en origen de derechos fundamentales, Cizur Menor (Navarra), Thomson Reuters/Aranzadi, 2020
Link to the website - Van Den Eeckhout, ‘Europees recht en nationaal procesrecht. Enkele beschouwingen naar aanleiding van recente rechtspraak van het Europees Hof van Justitie inzake grensoverschrijdende inning van schuldvorderingen in de EU’, Tijdschrift voor Internationaal Privaatrecht, 2020, issue 4, 49-68
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5. Online dispute resolution in civil and administrative court proceedings: new guidelines by the Council of Europe
On 16 June 2021, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has adopted guidelines for the 47 member states to help them improve the functioning of their online dispute resolution mechanisms (ODR) in civil and administrative court proceedings.
6. Reviews
- Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale, Issue 1, 2021
Summary - Milan Law Review, Issue 2, 2020
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Call for papers: deadline 31 October 2021