The Programme shall have the following specific objectives:

1. (a)

   to foster judicial cooperation in civil matters aiming at:

   1. (i)

      ensuring legal certainty and improving access to justice;

   2. (ii)

      promoting mutual recognition of decisions in civil and commercial cases;

   3. (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;

   4. (iv)

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

2. (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;

3. (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;

4. (d)

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

5. (e)

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

6. (f)

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

7. (g)
   to facilitate the operation of the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters established by Council Decision 2001/470/EC15.