13/01/2022 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 13 January, members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Legal Affairs voted in favour of the interinstitutional agreement on the reform of the e-CODEX regulation (see EUROPE 12850/7) by 81 votes to 0 and one abstention. The e-CODEX system allows different national justice systems to be digitally interconnected in order to carry out cross-border proceedings in civil and criminal matters. The key point of this text is the transfer of the management of the e-CODEX system to the headquarters of the EU Agency in respect of the operational management of large-scale information systems (eu-LISA) in Tallinn by the end of 2023. The system was previously managed by a consortium of Member States and other organisations and was funded through an EU grant. All MEPs were able to vote on the text during the March plenary session. (LM)