The Europeane-Justice Portal« Justice at a click »

Bogdan DumitriuIT Project MangerUnit B2 - DG JusticeEuropean Commission

Agenda

• European e-Justice• European e-Justice Portal• Interconnection Projects• E-Services• Challenges

European e-Justice – WHAT

• Focal point for access to justice information

• Implements citizens’ right of “Access to Justice”

European e-Justice – WHAT

• Raise awareness of existing cross-border instruments and facilitate their use

• Accelerate procedures and reduce costs

European e-Justice – HOW

• Multilingual information provided by• the European Commission• the Member States• partner organisations

European e-Justice – HOW

• Interconnection of national registers and databases

• Provision of various e-Services to the benefit of• citizens• businesses• legal professionals• members of the judiciary

General Philosophy

• Single point for Justice e-Services• Step by step approach• Multilingual from day one• Decentralised as much as possible• Ambitious!

European e-Justice does not…

• Replace existing national solutions• Centralise more than necessary• Modify existing offline procedures and

practises

Facts and Figures

17 April 2012 European e-Justice Portal

• over 20,000 content pages in 22 EU of the official EU languages

• 78,662 visits in May 2013 – upward trend

Interconnection Projects

• Insolvency Registers• Find a Lawyer• Find a Notary• European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)• Business Registers• Land Registers• Registers of Translators/Interpreters

Insolvency Registers

• Interconnection of the registers of:• Austria• The Czech Republic• Estonia• Germany• The Netherlands• Romania• Slovenia

Insolvency Registers

• Simple search: query all interconnected registers

Member State Register

European e-Justice PortalEnd User Member State Register

Member State Register

Name

Name

Name

Insolvency Registers

• Advance search: search interface built dynamically for each register

European e-Justice PortalEnd User Member State Register

« Searchable » Fields

Criteria

E-Services

• E-CODEX integration• file claims to courts in MS online• project of 14 MS, Turkey, CCBE and CNUE• overall budget: €14 million• e-Identification, secure electronic transfer,

electronic signature

• ECLI search• Competent court database

Challenges

• Data protection• Interoperability• Translation• Different national approaches• E-Identification, E-Authorisation• Stakeholder diversity

Thanks for your attention!

https://e-justice.europa.euJUST-E-JUSTICE@ec.europa.eu