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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8138

28 January 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/justice
Commission proposes free access to justice being guaranteed in cross-border civil cases for the most underprivileged

Brussels, 28/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has proposed to Member States granting free legal aid to people who do not have sufficient resources to correctly participate, as plaintiffs or defenders, in a civil procedure held in another Member State to the one in which the live. All cases of civil law, including those under trade law, labour law and consumer legislation are concerned by this draft directive, as are extra-judicial procedures provided for by law or by a judge...

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