22/07/2020 (Agence Europe) – The Member States' Ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) confirmed on Wednesday 22 July that an agreement had been reached between the representatives of the Council of the EU and the European Parliament at the end of June (see EUROPE 12517/14) on the regulation on the electronic service of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil and commercial matters, and the regulation on digitising cooperation between courts of Member States in the taking of evidence (see EUROPE 12031/12). The European Commission and Hungary have indicated that they intend to issue statements on the agreement, according to a European source. The agreement maintains the flagship element of the Commission's proposal, namely to enable courts to exchange information electronically and across borders using a decentralised IT system, which will be composed of national IT systems and interconnected by national access points. The final text also retains the possibility of hearing witnesses by video conference. The agreement still needs to be confirmed by the European Parliament. (MF)