11/09/2020 (Agence Europe) – MEPs on the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) approved on Thursday 10 September the agreement reached between 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 (22 votes in favour, 0 against and 1 abstention) and the regulation to digitise cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence (22 votes in favour, 0 against and 0 abstentions). 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. (MF)