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In recent years, European Court of Justice (ECJ) case law has been playing an increasingly pivotal role in the development of the emerging common minimum standards of judicial independence, binding on the EU Member States as a matter of Union law. The ECJ has based its case law primarily on Article 19 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), which requires Member States to provide for effective judicial protection in areas covered by EU law, on Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the ...

The Council of the EU has authorised the European Commission to represent the EU and its Member States in the intergovernmental talks at the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), with a view to reforming the existing investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system. The latter provides a procedural framework for disputes between international investors and host states in relation to international investment agreements, and relies on arbitration procedures. The system has ...

Judicial independence is one of the key components of the rule of law (Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union – TEU), together with the fundamental right to a fair trial (Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union) and the principle of effective judicial protection (Article 19(1) TEU). When it comes to standards for judicial independence, a special role is played by the Council of Europe and its judicial body, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg. ...

The study compares the revised and signed text of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EUVFTA) and the EU Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA) in respect of important procedural aspects relating to investor State dispute settlement. The findings are juxtaposed to the procedural rules governing the preliminary reference procedure and direct action (action for annulment) before the Court of Justice of the European Union as well as the individual ...

The workshop, organised by the Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs upon request by the Committees on Legal Affairs and on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament, provides an opportunity to discuss about the training of judges and of other legal professionals in EU law and in the law of other Member States. The European Commission, in its 2011 Communication on "Building trust in EU-wide justice", set the objective of enabling half of the ...

À la demande de la commission juridique, cette note d'analyse illustre les règles et les pratiques nationales sur l'expertise judiciaire civile dans l'UE. Compétence, indépendance, impartialité des experts sont exigées par tous les États membres de l'UE. Leur mode de recrutement, droits et obligations demeurent hétérogènes. L'absence de listes publiques est un obstacle à leur désignation. Seul le juge peut décider d'une expertise et définit en général la mission mais n'est pas partout investi des ...

Proceedings of the workshop on "The Training of Legal Practitioners: Teaching EU Law and Judgecraft - Learning and Accessing EU Law: Some Best Practices" (Session I), held on 28 November 2013 in Brussels.

Proceedingsof the Workshop on "The Training of Legal Practitioners: Teaching EU Law and Judgecraft - Improving Mutual Trust" (Session II), held on 28 November 2013 in Brussels.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has proposed amendments to its Statute to cope with a significant increase in its case-load. The increasing numbers of cases awaiting judgment stem from enlargement and the development of EU competences. Despite the Court successfully taking procedural steps to reduce the time taken to deal with cases, further changes are needed to avoid infringement of the principle of timely justice.

L’exécution différenciée de la directive 2008/52/CE sur certains aspects de la médiation en matière civile et commerciale a mis en lumière certaines lacunes différenciées selon les pays. Les obstacles du développement de la médiation judiciaire se retrouvent surtout au niveau de l’organisation pratique et dans une moindre mesure dans l’usage excessif de la notion d’ordre public. Le développement est aussi freiné, notamment sur le plan transnational, par les inégalités entre agréations des formations ...