Évaluation des Instruments européens de Coopération Judiciaire civile par les Services d'Inspection Nationaux

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Objectives: - entrust a team of inspectors from national judicial inspection services with the task of studying the conditions under which the European instruments of judicial cooperation in civil matters are implemented by the national courts and with the task of proposing any possible improvements ; - develop tools for evaluating these instruments for these inspection services Activities: evaluation of the implementation of several instruments of judicial cooperation in civil matters by national courts. Type and number of persons benefiting from the project: the European institutions, in particular those in charge of the European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters (EJN) and EU Justice Scoreboard, the central authorities of each Member State responsible for implementing the European judicial mutual assistance instruments, the national judicial inspection services, the judges, prosecutors, the judicial staff, the lawyers, bailiffs and notaries in charge of the cross-border mutual assistance procedures, European citizens subject to measures in the field of civil judicial cooperation. Expected results: - provide to the national and European institutions additional information on the implementation of instruments of judicial cooperation in civil matters, - identify and promote national good practices for a strengthened cooperation and a better exchange of information between competent national authorities, - analyze any difficulties in the implementation of the aforementioned instruments and propose improvements in order to increase the capacity of national practitioners to address issues related to judicial cooperation in civil matters, - develop a common methodology for evaluating the implementation of the said instruments. Type and number of deliverables: 1 kick off seminar, 6 study visits, 6 visit reports, a closing conference, 1 common methodology for evaluating the implementation of mutual legal assistance instruments, 1 final report.