Decision No 1149/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDangos y teitl llawn

Article 3 U.K. Specific objectives

The Programme shall have the following specific objectives:

(a)

to foster judicial cooperation in civil matters aiming at:

(i)

ensuring legal certainty and improving access to justice;

(ii)

promoting mutual recognition of decisions in civil and commercial cases;

(iii)

eliminating obstacles to cross-border litigation created by disparities in civil law and civil procedures and promoting the necessary compatibility of legislation for that purpose;

(iv)

guaranteeing a proper administration of justice by avoiding conflicts of jurisdiction;

(b)

to improve mutual knowledge of Member States’ legal and judicial systems in civil matters and to promote and strengthen networking, mutual cooperation, exchange and dissemination of information, experience and best practices;

(c)

to ensure the sound implementation, the correct and concrete application and the evaluation of Community instruments in the area of judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters;

(d)

to improve information on the legal systems in the Member States and access to justice;

(e)

to promote the training of legal practitioners in Union and Community law;

(f)

to evaluate the general conditions necessary to reinforce mutual confidence, while fully respecting the independence of the judiciary;

(g)

to facilitate the operation of the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters established by Council Decision 2001/470/EC(1).

(1)

OJ L 174, 27.6.2001, p. 25.