Enhancing Enforcement under Brussels Ia

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Objectives The project’s main objective is to shed light (also through the collection of relevant data) on the terms whereby the relationship between Regulation No 1215/2012 (Brussels Ia) and other EU law instruments is to be handled, with a view to investigating the impact that the above mentioned issue produces upon the effective application of the EU law acquis on judicial cooperation in civil matters and with specific regard to the effective enforcement of judgments, in light of the collected case-law, consistently with the priority of the call. Activities - collection of all relevant national and ECJ case law; - analysis of the crucial issues related to the interplay between Brussels Ia Regulation and other EU law instruments; - organisation of the Final International Conference; - organisation of seminars (Genoa and Tirana); - drafting of a handbook; - drafting of recommendations addressed to political institutions; - drafting of guidelines addressed to legal practitioners; - creation of the webpage of the project. Type and number of persons benefiting from the project - academia (100); - judges (10); - lawyers (100); - judicial staff (10); - students (50); - national authorities (10); - business / companies (15). Expected results - increased capacity of practitioners to address issues related to judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters, especially as far as enforcement is concerned; - improved awareness, both at practical and institutional level, about the complexities of the relations between Brussels Ia regulation and other EU instruments; - improvement of the legal framework and regulations concerning judicial cooperation in civil matters through the identification of possible solutions to mitigate the main criticalities examined. - Type and number of deliverables to be produced - handbook (100 hard copies + electronic copy); - webpage (1); - database (1); - Tirana seminar (1); - Genoa seminar (1); final international conference (1).