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E-justice - The launch of e-curia

Fri, 11/25/2011

The Court of Justice of the European Union has launched ‘e-Curia’, an application allowing procedural documents to be lodged and accepted by electronic means.

Publication of the directive facilitatingthe cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences

Sat, 11/05/2011

The Directive 2011/82/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 facilitating the cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences was published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Disputes between consumers and traders - Publication of proposals for Alternative Dispute Resolution

Thu, 09/29/2011

On 29 November 2011, the European Commission puts forward a proposal for a directive on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and proposal for a Regulation on Online Dispute Resolution.

Publication of a communication and a proposal for on regulation on a Common European Sales Law

Sun, 09/11/2011

On 11 October 2011, the European Commission published a communication « a Common European Sales Law to facilitate cross-border transactions in the single market » and a proposal for a regulation on a Common European Sales Law.

The term of ‘center of main interest’ in the Regulation on insolvency proceedings

Thu, 10/20/2011

Having received a reference for a preliminary ruling concerning the interpretation the (EC) Regulation on insolvency proceedings, the Court of justice said, by a judgment date October 2011, 20, the term of "center of main interests".

The fact that there has already been compliance with the judgment in the Member State of origin is not a grounds for dispute of the declaration of enforceability of a judgmentin accordance with Brussels I Regulation

Thu, 10/13/2011

The Court of justice underlines that it must be noted that no provision of Regulation No 44/2001 permits the refusal or revocation of a declaration of enforceability of a judgment that has already been complied with.

The competent jurisdiction when the current domicile of the defendant is unknown, in accordance with Brussels I Regulation

Thu, 11/17/2011

The Court of justice of the European Union finds that, in a case where a consumer’s current domicile is unknown, the courts of the place where the consumer had his last known domicile may have jurisdiction to deal with proceedings against him. The fact that it is not possible to identify the current domicile of the defendant must not deprive the applicant of his right to bring proceedings

Publication of a communication on the European judicial training

Tue, 09/13/2011

On 13 September 2011, the European Commission adopted the Communication "Building trust in EU-wide justice: a new dimension to European judicial training" which sets up European judicial training as a priority.

The Court of justice and the conditions for access to the profession of notary

Tue, 05/24/2011

on 24 May 2011 the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled concludes that notarial activities are not connected with the exercise of official authority within the meaning of the Treaty and that, as a consequence, the nationality requirement under these States' legislation to access the profession of notary constitutes discrimination on grounds of nationality prohibited by the Treaty.

Progress on the European consumer rights front

Thu, 06/23/2011

Following an agreement between the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, on 23 June 2011 the European Parliament adopted the Directive on consumer rights that the European Commission proposed in October 2008.

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