The Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU submitted a compromise text to the Member States on 6 September on the regulation for digitalising judicial cooperation and access to justice in civil, commercial and criminal matters. The document, obtained by EUROPE, proposes and explains changes to the Commission’s proposal (see EUROPE 12844/12).
The compromise mainly makes technical changes. The Presidency repeatedly questions the coherence of the regulation with others concerning the digitalisation of justice.
The main suggestion made in the document concerns the mandatory or voluntary use of remote communication tools. The Presidency considers, for example, that the decentralised IT system for exchanging information and documents should only be mandatory in cross-border procedures. As regards internal procedures, authorities in the Member States should be free to communicate as they see fit without necessarily using the decentralised system.
On this point, but also on others, the Presidency is asking Member States for their comments.
See the compromise text: https://aeur.eu/f/34k ; https://aeur.eu/f/34l (Original version in French by Léa Marchal)