# Official Journal C 96/2019

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 6213 March 2019 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 96

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6213 March 2019

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| | INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2019/C 96/01 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9093 — DP World Investments/Unifeeder) (
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| 2019/C 96/02 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9247 — MC/Franz Haniel/ELG) (
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| 2019/C 96/03 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9145 — Kongsberg Gruppen/Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine) (
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  ) | 2 |

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II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2019/C 96/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9093 — DP World Investments/Unifeeder) (
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  )

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2019/C 96/02

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9247 — MC/Franz Haniel/ELG) (
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2019/C 96/03

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.9145 — Kongsberg Gruppen/Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine) (
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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | Council |
| 2019/C 96/04 | 2019-2023 Strategy on e-Justice | 3 |
| 2019/C 96/05 | 2019-2023 Action Plan European e-Justice | 9 |
| | European Commission |
| 2019/C 96/06 | Euro exchange rates | 33 |
| 2019/C 96/07 | Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006)
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| 2019/C 96/08 | Notice concerning the annulment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 665/2013 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of vacuum cleaners | 35 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Council

2019/C 96/04

2019-2023 Strategy on e-Justice

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2019/C 96/05

2019-2023 Action Plan European e-Justice

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European Commission

2019/C 96/06

Euro exchange rates

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2019/C 96/07

Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006)
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(Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006)

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2019/C 96/08

Notice concerning the annulment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 665/2013 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of vacuum cleaners

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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9093 — DP World Investments/Unifeeder)

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(2019/C 96/01)

On 4 December 2018, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

| — | in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
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in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

| — | in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32018M9093. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law. |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32018M9093. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9247 — MC/Franz Haniel/ELG)

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(2019/C 96/02)

On 28 February 2019, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

| — | in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
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in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

| — | in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32019M9247. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law. |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32019M9247. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9145 — Kongsberg Gruppen/Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 96/03)

On 1 March 2019, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

| — | in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
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in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

| — | in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32019M9145. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law. |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32019M9145. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Council

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2019-2023 Strategy on e-Justice

(2019/C 96/04)

I.   Introduction

| 1. | European e-Justice aims at improving access to justice in a pan-European context and is developing and integrating information and communication technologies into access to legal information and the workings of judicial systems. Procedures carried out in a digitised manner and electronic communication between those involved in judicial proceedings have become an essential component in the efficient functioning of the judiciary in the Member States. |
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| 2. | The European Union's commitment to European e-Justice now dates back more than a decade. The Council (1), Commission (2) and European Parliament (3) have all demonstrated their commitment to the development of e-Justice. |
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| 3. | So far, two European e-Justice Action Plans (4), together with an e-Justice Strategy 2014-2018 (5), have driven action in the field of e-Justice. The Council, through its relevant preparatory bodies, and the Member States, the Commission and the Publications Office have implemented these two Action Plans. |
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| 4. | The European e-Justice Portal (the Portal) has been enriched with information pages (6), search tools (7) and dynamic forms (8). Its design has also been renewed, in an effort to improve and facilitate the user experience. |
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| 5. | The development of electronic tools for e-Justice has been exponential, as they now allow for digital judicial proceedings using secure electronic channels (9), secure communication between judicial authorities (10), easier information for citizens on legal provisions (11) and access to certain national registers under the responsibility of Member States (12) or professional organisations. |
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| 6. | Similarly, EUR-Lex was enriched with new types of documents and search tools. It was also updated with new legal acts and case law, including national transposition measures and national case law, as well as summaries of legislation, explaining EU legal acts in simple language. On the basis of the feedback from citizens, the functionalities of EUR-Lex and structure have also been enhanced. |
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| 7. | Two reports on the state of advancement of the 2014-2018 Action Plan have been drafted, one by the Council (13) and the other by the Commission (14). |
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II.   Links between e-Justice and eGovernment principles

| 8. | The work done in the field of e-Justice can benefit other fields. E-CODEX, in particular, can provide building blocks, such as e-Delivery, for several fields. Similarly, the results of the concluded e-SENS project aim to facilitate the deployment of cross-border digital public services through generic and re-usable technical components. |
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| 9. | By allowing for easier access to information and justice, e-Justice should contribute to the development of the Digital Single Market, which is one of the goals of eGovernment, as noted by the Tallinn Declaration on eGovernment (15). European e-Justice initiatives should strive for further consistency within the eGovernment framework, having regard to the constitutional provisions concerning the judiciary in Member States (judicial independence and separation of powers), by following the Council Conclusions of 20 September 2016 on the eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020: accelerating the digital transformation of government (16) and the Commission Communication of 19 April 2016 entitled ‘EU eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020 — Accelerating the digital transformation of government’ (17). |
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| 10. | In accordance with these Council conclusions of 20 September 2016, initiatives launched under European e-Justice should observe the principles (18) outlined in the Commission Communication of 19 April 2016 (19). |
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| 11. | In particular, European e-Justice should:






  — | support a digital-by-default approach, notably by






  — | committing to providing citizens and businesses with the option to interact digitally with authorities, and |
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support a digital-by-default approach, notably by

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committing to providing citizens and businesses with the option to interact digitally with authorities, and

| — | integrating a digital-by-default approach into national and EU legislation, in order to ensure relevant legal provisions and thus guarantee legal certainty and seamless interactions in a national and cross-border context; |
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integrating a digital-by-default approach into national and EU legislation, in order to ensure relevant legal provisions and thus guarantee legal certainty and seamless interactions in a national and cross-border context;

| — | function according to the once-only-principle, i.e. avoiding redundant procedures and, in line with data protection rules, reusing information introduced into the system once for later procedures, if not obsolete; |
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function according to the once-only-principle, i.e. avoiding redundant procedures and, in line with data protection rules, reusing information introduced into the system once for later procedures, if not obsolete;

| — | be user-focused, i.e. have apps, websites, tools and systems designed with ease of use and empowerment for their users in mind. |
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be user-focused, i.e. have apps, websites, tools and systems designed with ease of use and empowerment for their users in mind.

III.   Objectives of European e-Justice

| 12. | E-Justice aims at facilitating access to justice and the functioning of judicial systems, including in cross-border cases, for citizens, legal practitioners and authorities, taking into account judicial independence and separation of powers. It achieves this aim by simplifying and digitising communications, access to procedures and legal information and connection to and between national systems in a cross-border context. |
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A.   
  Access to information

| 13. | The objective is to improve access to information in the area of justice in the European Union, including:






  — | information on the rights of citizens, which helps to raise their awareness, |
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information on the rights of citizens, which helps to raise their awareness,

| — | information on EU law, as well as national law transposing EU law, |
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information on EU law, as well as national law transposing EU law,

| — | information on procedures which helps citizens to use the various tools put at their disposal for the sake of conducting such procedures, such as dynamic forms or search tools for practitioners and (judicial) authorities, |
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information on procedures which helps citizens to use the various tools put at their disposal for the sake of conducting such procedures, such as dynamic forms or search tools for practitioners and (judicial) authorities,

| — | information on competent authorities which helps citizens to identify competent authorities and relevant national laws, in the framework of judicial or extrajudicial proceedings, |
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information on competent authorities which helps citizens to identify competent authorities and relevant national laws, in the framework of judicial or extrajudicial proceedings,

| — | publicly available information contained in national registers, and |
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publicly available information contained in national registers, and

| — | data relevant to the use of e-Justice (20) and e-Law (21). |
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data relevant to the use of e-Justice (20) and e-Law (21).

| 14. | The Portal, together with EUR-Lex, has an important role to play in achieving this objective. |
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| 15. | The Portal must continue its development towards being a more interactive one-stop-shop for justice, offering access to e-services or e-solutions. |
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| 16. | EUR-Lex should develop to further meet the needs of citizens and allow them to easily find all relevant information on EU law. |
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| 17. | In order to give access to information which can be used in judicial and extrajudicial procedures, relevant registers, such as business registers and insolvency registers, have been or are currently being interconnected. Further register and database interconnections should be established, as necessary, in order to simplify access to information, as well as ease working processes for practitioners. |
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| 18. | In this context, work should continue to closely involve the legal practitioners, who have a dual role — both as users of the information provided by projects concerning the interconnection of registers or databases and, in some cases, as those responsible for the implementation and operation of such registers and databases. |
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B.   
  e-Communication in the field of justice

| 19. | Dematerialisation of judicial and extrajudicial proceedings should be continued in order to offer easier and faster access to courts and facilitate the use of extrajudicial proceedings by using secure electronic communication tools, notably e-CODEX, in cross-border situations. |
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| 20. | E-Justice should facilitate electronic interaction and communication between judicial authorities as well as with citizens and practitioners in judicial proceedings (e.g. through videoconferencing or secure electronic data exchange) in compliance with the existing legal framework. |
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| 21. | Certain functionalities should be accessible to members of the judicial authorities only, through secure access with specific access rights and a uniform or interoperable authentication method, based on eIDAS-compliant systems. |
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| 22. | The provisions of the eIDAS legal framework should be examined and applied whenever trust services in the justice field are being implemented or leveraged. |
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| 23. | The e-Justice systems can also be used to facilitate the functioning of various existing networks at European level, such as the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters or the European Judicial Network in criminal matters. To that end, the possibilities offered by the European e-Justice system and the Portal could be further employed in consultation with the aforementioned organisations. |
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C.   
  Interoperability

| 24. | Each Member State should ensure the technical implementation and management of the national e-Justice systems needed to facilitate interconnection and interoperability between Member States' systems. Compatibility between the various technical, organisational, legal and semantic aspects selected for the judicial system applications should be ensured, while guaranteeing flexibility for the Member States. In this context, the principles laid down in the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) should be taken into account. |
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IV.   Principles for e-Justice

A.   
  Guidelines for the Action Plan

i.   Prioritisation

| 25. | The inclusion of projects in the Action Plan should be decided, based on priorities established according to the identified importance for citizens, businesses and the judiciary, the sustainability outlook, technological developments and the number of Member States participating from the outset. Prioritised projects should rely on technology that is sufficiently mature, so as to allow it to be implemented at a reasonable cost, while ensuring appropriate stability and quality of service. Projects should benefit citizens, businesses and/or the judiciary and be applicable in widespread or important procedures. Projects must have the potential to involve all or almost all Member States. Projects may involve EU institutions. |
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| 26. | Projects considered as priorities, due to their current advancement, urgency or links with other projects, will be included in a primary list in the Action Plan. |
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| 27. | In parallel, a reserve list of projects for which some of the preconditions appear unfulfilled for the time being, will be drawn up. The projects with lower priority contained within this reserve list could still be implemented with the participation of the Member States who wish to pursue the project once solutions have been found for existing obstacles or unfulfilled conditions and could still be awarded financing if calls encompass their scope. |
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ii.   Continuity

| 28. | Ongoing projects from previous Action Plans should be considered for inclusion in the Action Plan during its drafting, in order to promote continuity. Projects, that have already yielded and demonstrated positive results, should be prioritised for inclusion. |
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iii.   Evolutivity

| 29. | The Action Plan should be flexible with respect to future developments, be they legal or technical. This implies that a specific project could be added to the Action Plan if a legal act calls for action in the field of e-Justice. |
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| 30. | Legal tech domains such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), blockchain technology, e-Translation or virtual reality, for example, should be closely monitored, in order to identify and seize opportunities with a potential positive impact on e-Justice. |
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| 31. | In particular, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology could have a positive impact on e-Justice, for example by increasing efficiency and trust. Any future development and deployment of such technologies must take risks and challenges into account, in particular in relation to data protection and ethics. |
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iv.   Cooperation with practitioners

| 32. | Projects proposed or managed by and/or involving practitioners should be eligible for inclusion in the Action Plan, if they meet the requirements contained in the previous three paragraphs. |
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| 33. | The projects proposed by practitioners will be launched at the initiative of practitioners. |
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| 34. | It is understood that not all Member States will be in a position to assist in the implementation of these projects, due to differences between national systems. |
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B.   
  Implementation of the Action Plan

i.   Voluntary participation

| 35. | E-Justice projects are founded on the principle of voluntary action, except in cases when a specific legal instrument imposes obligations. However, a wide participation among Member States should be sought from the outset of each initiative, as this contributes to a greater positive impact and better sustainability potential. |
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ii.   Sustainability

| 36. | In general terms, sustainability should be considered a prerequisite for including an e-Justice project in the Action Plan. This sustainability encompasses organisational, legal technical and financial aspects. |
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| 37. | A sustainable framework for the governance and maintenance of projects should be ensured, possibly through EU legal instruments (22), in due time. |
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| 38. | The full compliance of e-Justice projects with the EU legal framework, is a precondition of their sustainability. |
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| 39. | Technical requirements should be easily adoptable by Member States and further developed, taking into account technological developments. An adequate level of cyber security should be ensured. |
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| 40. | A distinction should be made between pilot projects and large scale solutions. Large scale solutions will be built and operated on established legal instruments, which will contain provisions for governance and sustainability. Pilot projects will be limited in time. Once a pilot-project is finalised, a choice will be made to transform it into a large-scale solution, to continue in a self-sustaining manner, preferably without EU funding or to terminate. |
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iii.   Financial sustainability

| 41. | The European Commission, Member States and practitioners' organisations should ensure that proper financing is available in a timely manner for e-Justice projects (23). |
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| 42. | At EU level, access to financing should be facilitated, notably by making administrative formalities as simple as possible, while respecting the Financial Regulation (24). |
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iv.   Decentralisation

| 43. | European e-Justice is based on the principle of a decentralised model at European level interconnecting the various systems already established in the Member States. The decentralised approach to e-Justice thus respects the principles of proportionality and subsidiarity. |
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| 44. | Nonetheless, a centralised approach may also be envisaged in some specific situations or may be imposed by EU law. |
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v.   Organisation of e-Justice work

| 45. | The general implementation of the European e-Justice Action Plan is followed up on by the competent preparatory body of the Council of the European Union. |
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| 46. | If necessary, a limited number of expert groups involved in specific projects can meet in order to make progress in these areas of work, by exchanging information and best practices and promoting participation. |
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| 47. | In order to facilitate the success of the implementation of European e-Justice, promotion and awareness-raising at both EU and national level need to be taken into account in the work on e-Justice. |
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| 48. | The Working Party will at least once per semester monitor the implementation of the e-Justice Action Plan, which should be adapted if so required by on-going developments. |
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vi.   Cooperation with practitioners

| 49. | Practitioners should be engaged in the implementation of the Action Plan, as advisors or partners in projects which rely on or could benefit from their participation. |
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(1)  JHA Council Conclusions of 12-13 June 2007, page 43 of document 10267/07.

(2)  In response to the Council, the Commission presented its communication ‘Towards a European e-Justice Strategy’ of 5 June 2008 (COM(2008) 329 final, Council document 10285/08).

(3)  Resolution on e-Justice at its Plenary meeting on 18 December 2008, 2008/2125 (INI).

(4)  Multi-annual European e-Justice action plan 2009-2013 (OJ C 75, 31.3.2009, p. 1); Multiannual European e-Justice Action Plan 2014-2018 (OJ C 182, 14.6.2014, p. 2).

(5)  Draft strategy on European e-Justice 2014-2018 (OJ C 376, 21.12.2013, p. 7).

(6)  These pages range from family law, training of justice professionals on EU law, to rights of victims in criminal proceedings or consumer law.

(7)  These tools allow for searches for legal practitioners, businesses or authorities competent in human rights protection.

(8)  For example public documents, such as certificates of birth or domicile, stemming from Regulation (EU) 2016/1191 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2016 on promoting the free movement of citizens by simplifying the requirements for presenting certain public documents in the European Union and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (OJ L 200, 26.7.2016, p. 1).

(9)  Such as Small Claims dynamic forms, available on the e-Justice Portal.

(10)  Through e-Codex gateways, as projected for the e-Evidence project, for example.

(11)  Such as the use of ELI and ECLI for search and analysis of legal and jurisprudential texts.

(12)  For example, business registers, through the Business Registers Interconnection System or insolvency registers.

(13)  Current version on 10 October 2018: WK 598/2018 REV 2.

(14)  WK 8440/2018; final version available at https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/d72311d9-c070-11e8-9893-01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format-PDF

(15)  Tallinn Declaration on eGovernment at the ministerial meeting during Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU on 6 October 2017, https://www.eu2017.ee/news/insights/tallinn-declaration-egovernment-ministerial-meeting-during-estonian-presidency.

(16)  12359/16.

(17)  8097/16 COM(2016) 179 final.

(18)  These principles are Digital by default (including making legislative initiatives fit for the digital era), the Once-only principle (in due compliance with data protection rules), Inclusiveness and Accessibility, Openness & Transparency, Cross-border by default (where applicable), Interoperability by default (based on standards and open specifications in accordance with principles on standardisation) and Trustworthiness and Security.

(19)  Digitising European Industry Reaping the full benefits of a Digital Single Market; COM/2016/0180 final

(20)  Such as data, which while not legal in nature, supports the use of e-Justice tools, such as registers of practitioners, information on businesses or the insolvency status of persons and businesses.

(21)  Such as data linked to legislation, e.g. metadata. Access to this data should be provided in reusable formats, in order to promote interoperability — be it technical (use of Open Data formats) or semantic (use of controlled vocabularies, such as Euro-Voc) — and usability — by simplifying access to legal data through the use of identifiers such as ELI and ECLI.

(22)  Such as, for example, e-CODEX (without prejudice to future technical solutions).

(23)  This financing could be provided, for example, through Commission grant programs, such as CEF.

(24)  https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2018:193:TOC

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Table of contents

| I. | Introduction | 9 |
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| II. | Access to information | 10 |
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| A. | General information on Justice | 10 |
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| 1. | Development of the e-Justice Portal | 10 |
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| 2. | Interconnection of registers | 11 |
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| 3. | Access to data sets | 12 |
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| B. | Access to legal information | 13 |
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| 1. | Access to legal data | 13 |
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| 2. | Interlinking legal data | 16 |
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| 3. | Artificial Intelligence | 17 |
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3.

| III. | e-Communication in the field of justice | 18 |
| --- | --- | --- |

III.

| A. | Secure exchange of data | 18 |
| --- | --- | --- |

A.

| B. | Secure communication between citizens, practitioners and judicial authorities | 21 |
| --- | --- | --- |

B.

| IV. | Interoperability | 22 |
| --- | --- | --- |

IV.

| A. | e-CODEX | 22 |
| --- | --- | --- |

A.

| B. | Semantic interoperability | 23 |
| --- | --- | --- |

B.

| V. | Reserve list | 25 |
| --- | --- | --- |

V.

| VI. | Projects led by practitioners | 28 |
| --- | --- | --- |

VI.

I.   Introduction

| 1. | The European e-Justice Strategy (the Strategy) and Action Plan are renewed, as the documents (1), which were adopted for the 2014-2018 period, come to the end of their terms. |
| --- | --- |

1.

| 2. | The Strategy provides a vision for what to include into the Action Plan and how to implement it, and justifies the three objectives of access to information (2), e-Communication in the field of justice (3) and interoperability (4). However, it does not contain any indication as to the concrete projects for implementation. These are set out in an Action Plan, which is intended to at deliver the vision of the Strategy, with a structure reflecting the three objectives. |
| --- | --- |

2.

| 3. | The Action Plan contains a list of the projects considered for implementation in the 2019-2023 period, with an indication of the participants, actions for practical implementation and respective contributions of the participants. A project leader may be a Member State, the Commission, the Publications Office, another organisation or a combination thereof, which will assume responsibility for coordinating and leading the work on a project towards its successful conclusion. All participants and stakeholders involved remain responsible for the completion of their own part of the project. |
| --- | --- |

3.

| 4. | The actions described below were evaluated and selected by Member States experts based on the criteria contained in the e-Justice Strategy. |
| --- | --- |

4.

II.   Access to information

| 5. | As was the case in the 2014-2018 e-Justice Action Plan (5), the e-Justice Portal should provide general information to citizens, businesses, legal practitioners and judicial authorities, about EU and Member States' legislation and case law. In parallel, the EUR-Lex website should provide information on EU law and case law, along with information on how Member States transpose EU directives. |
| --- | --- |

5.

A.   
  General information on Justice

1.   Development of the e-Justice Portal

| 6. | The e-Justice Portal can be improved by implementing enhancements to the Portal, such as a central query tool or extended dynamic functionalities. Its role as a one-stop-shop for European e-Justice should be further reinforced by the planned developments. |
| --- | --- |

6.

| 7. | These improvements are intended to make the Portal more usable and complete. Both the static and dynamic contents should be complemented with new information and functionalities.














  No | Name of the project | Proposed by | Goals of the project | Actions to be undertaken | Project leader | Contributions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Member States | Commission | Working Party | Other partners |
| 1 | Improvements to the e-Justice Portal | COM | — | Develop new features for the e-Justice Portal, such as a central query tool |

7.

No

Name of the project

Proposed by

Goals of the project

Actions to be undertaken

Project leader

Contributions

Member States

Commission

Working Party

Other partners

1

Improvements to the e-Justice Portal

COM

—

Develop new features for the e-Justice Portal, such as a central query tool

| — | Extend the scope of the Portal's dynamic functionalities |
| --- | --- |

—

Extend the scope of the Portal's dynamic functionalities

| — | Implement a Small Claims Wizard |
| --- | --- |

—

Implement a Small Claims Wizard

| — | Enrich the static content of the Portal |
| --- | --- |

—

Enrich the static content of the Portal

| — | Analyse and implement tools on the e-Justice Portal |
| --- | --- |

—

Analyse and implement tools on the e-Justice Portal

| — | Determine the scope of new useful content and collect information |
| --- | --- |

—

Determine the scope of new useful content and collect information

| — | Expand the scope of existing tools, such as BRIS |
| --- | --- |

—

Expand the scope of existing tools, such as BRIS

| — | Develop a common search interface to allow users to query interconnected registers and databases (central query tool) |
| --- | --- |

—

Develop a common search interface to allow users to query interconnected registers and databases (central query tool)

COM

| — | Provide information to the Commission for the publication of new information on the Portal |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide information to the Commission for the publication of new information on the Portal

| — | Keep static content updated |
| --- | --- |

—

Keep static content updated

| — | Participate in the existing tools |
| --- | --- |

—

Participate in the existing tools

| — | Develop the necessary tools for the improvements to the Portal |
| --- | --- |

—

Develop the necessary tools for the improvements to the Portal

| — | Provide translation for the static content in all official languages of the EU |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide translation for the static content in all official languages of the EU

| — | Follow up on the implementation of the Portal, notably by assessing possible issues |
| --- | --- |

—

Follow up on the implementation of the Portal, notably by assessing possible issues

| — | Serve as a contact point for collecting information in Member States |
| --- | --- |

—

Serve as a contact point for collecting information in Member States

Professional and legal organisations, in particular, the European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters:

Same as Member States in cases where they have a role akin to that of Member States

2.   Interconnection of registers

| 8. | The European e-Justice Portal should also serve as a single access point for interconnected national registers, relevant to the field of justice. These registers are managed by national authorities or professional bodies. Their aim is to facilitate the administration of and access to justice. |
| --- | --- |

8.

| 9. | The interconnected registers are provided and maintained by the responsible local organisations, be they public authorities or practitioners' associations (6). The Portal provides a central point of access to these registers, but does not store a centralised duplicate of them. The maintenance of the access point established at EU level remains the responsibility of the Commission.














  No | Name of the project | Proposed by | Goals of the project | Actions to be undertaken | Project leader | Contributions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Member States | Commission | Working Party | Other partners |
| 2 | Land Registers Interconnection | AT | — | Create an interconnection for land registers in Member States |

9.

No

Name of the project

Proposed by

Goals of the project

Actions to be undertaken

Project leader

Contributions

Member States

Commission

Working Party

Other partners

2

Land Registers Interconnection

AT

—

Create an interconnection for land registers in Member States

| — | Create a tool for querying land registers |
| --- | --- |

—

Create a tool for querying land registers

| — | Connect the national land register(s) to the LRI application on the e-Justice Portal including authentication and authorisation of court professionals who may use privileged functions |
| --- | --- |

—

Connect the national land register(s) to the LRI application on the e-Justice Portal including authentication and authorisation of court professionals who may use privileged functions

| — | Implement an e-Payment solution for payment of fees linked with LRI |
| --- | --- |

—

Implement an e-Payment solution for payment of fees linked with LRI

COM

Connect national Land register(s) to the LRI application

| — | Build the multi-language LRI query application on the e-Justice Portal |
| --- | --- |

—

Build the multi-language LRI query application on the e-Justice Portal

| — | Implement an e-Payment solution for payment of fees |
| --- | --- |

—

Implement an e-Payment solution for payment of fees

| — | Follow up on implementation by Member States and the Commission |
| --- | --- |

—

Follow up on implementation by Member States and the Commission

| — | Share information and practices on the implementation of registers and their interconnection |
| --- | --- |

—

Share information and practices on the implementation of registers and their interconnection

Professionals such as geographers or geometers:

| — | Possibly provide assistance in creating registers |
| --- | --- |

—

Possibly provide assistance in creating registers

| — | Provide data for the registers |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide data for the registers

Legal practitioners such as notaries or lawyers or companies such as banks:

Use the interconnection

3

Find a Bailiff

COM

| — | Expand the scope of the Find a Bailiff directory |
| --- | --- |

—

Expand the scope of the Find a Bailiff directory

| — | Provide improved information on national enforcement proceedings and mechanisms for appointing bailiffs/enforcement authorities |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide improved information on national enforcement proceedings and mechanisms for appointing bailiffs/enforcement authorities

| — | Promote the Find a Bailiff directory and expand its coverage |
| --- | --- |

—

Promote the Find a Bailiff directory and expand its coverage

| — | Improve the software provided for creating national directories of bailiffs/enforcement authorities |
| --- | --- |

—

Improve the software provided for creating national directories of bailiffs/enforcement authorities

| — | Draft information pages |
| --- | --- |

—

Draft information pages

COM and CEHJ

Coordinate with national chambers of bailiffs, to allow for the creation of a directory

Integrate the expanded Find a Bailiff tool with the e-Justice Portal

Serve as a contact point for national associations of bailiffs/enforcement authorities

National chambers of bailiffs:

Establish national directories

3.   Access to data sets

| 10. | In parallel with registers, the Portal should provide access to data relevant to access to justice. |
| --- | --- |

10.

| 11. | These data sets would, like the registers in the previous section, be interconnected through the Portal. Their maintenance would be the responsibility of the local stakeholders.














  No | Name of the project | Proposed by | Goals of the project | Actions to be undertaken | Project leader | Contributions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Member States | Commission | Working Party | Other partners |
| 4 | Criminal Court Database | AT | Establish a central contact point for the data of competent authorities concerning a number of legal instruments in criminal matters, such as the European Investigation Order or Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters | — | Define a basic set of legal instruments and legal competences for criminal matters |

11.

No

Name of the project

Proposed by

Goals of the project

Actions to be undertaken

Project leader

Contributions

Member States

Commission

Working Party

Other partners

4

Criminal Court Database

AT

Establish a central contact point for the data of competent authorities concerning a number of legal instruments in criminal matters, such as the European Investigation Order or Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters

—

Define a basic set of legal instruments and legal competences for criminal matters

| — | Adapt the architecture of the Court Database to the needs of instruments in criminal matters |
| --- | --- |

—

Adapt the architecture of the Court Database to the needs of instruments in criminal matters

COM

Provide and maintain national data

| — | Adapt the European Court Database |
| --- | --- |

—

Adapt the European Court Database

| — | Define legal instruments |
| --- | --- |

—

Define legal instruments

Follow up on the updating of the database

European Judicial Network in Criminal Matters:

Serve as contact points for collecting information and requesting updates

5

Judicial Auctions Phase 2

IT

Create a common search engine on the European e-Justice Portal, for advertisements of judicial sales published in the Member States

Define and implement the search engine for judicial sales on the e-Justice Portal

IT

Implement the automatic retrieval mechanism, if there is a national system

Implement and deploy the search engine and related functions on the European e-Justice Portal

| — | Agree on available and mandatory information |
| --- | --- |

—

Agree on available and mandatory information

| — | Define the scope of the search engine |
| --- | --- |

—

Define the scope of the search engine

B.   
  Access to legal information

1.   Access to legal data

| 12. | EUR-Lex gives access to EU law, national law transposing EU law, case law coming from the Court of Justice of the EU as well as national case law related to EU law. Access to legal data should also be facilitated by the use of identifiers for legislation and case law, which allow for easier analyses of legal data. |
| --- | --- |

12.

| 13. | Data protection guidelines need to be taken into account when publishing case law. In order to facilitate this publication, automatic tools for pseudonymisation or anonymisation need to be developed.














  No | Name of the project | Proposed by | Goals of the project | Actions to be undertaken | Project leader | Contributions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Member States | Publications Office of the European Union | Working Party | Other partners |
| 6 | EUR-Lex | POEU | Improve the EUR-Lex website (search engine, user experience, updating, export, etc....) | — | Improve the search function |

13.

No

Name of the project

Proposed by

Goals of the project

Actions to be undertaken

Project leader

Contributions

Member States

Publications Office of the European Union

Working Party

Other partners

6

EUR-Lex

POEU

Improve the EUR-Lex website (search engine, user experience, updating, export, etc....)

—

Improve the search function

| — | Display information in a more comprehensive and user-friendly manner |
| --- | --- |

—

Display information in a more comprehensive and user-friendly manner

| — | Allow for exporting bundles of acts |
| --- | --- |

—

Allow for exporting bundles of acts

POEU

Update legal information, in particular in the field of transposition measures on a voluntary basis

Carry out improvements on EUR-Lex

Follow up on the implementation of the features and updating

7

ECLI

NL

| — | Increase the number of courts/Member States that assign ECLI to their court decisions |
| --- | --- |

—

Increase the number of courts/Member States that assign ECLI to their court decisions

| — | Expand the possible uses of ECLI |
| --- | --- |

—

Expand the possible uses of ECLI

Expand the range of applications for ECLI, by multiplying the available functionalities (summaries, translations, legal references, improved user interfaces) of the ECLI architecture

NL

Implement ECLI and develop new functionalities for ECLI

Commission:

Maintain the ECLI-Search Engine

POEU:

Support developments of ECLI

Monitor and coordinate the work on ECLI

Legal networks and professional organisations:

Provide data

8

ELI

POEU and LU

Facilitate access to, share and interconnect legal information published through national European and global legal information systems

| — | Ensure the evolution and maintenance of the ELI-related specifications in a structured framework |
| --- | --- |

—

Ensure the evolution and maintenance of the ELI-related specifications in a structured framework

| — | Exchange information and good practices on the implementation of ELI on a regular basis with other stakeholders |
| --- | --- |

—

Exchange information and good practices on the implementation of ELI on a regular basis with other stakeholders

LU and POEU

Maintain and keep ELI up-to-date for national legislation

POEU:

Maintain and keep ELI up-to-date for EU legislation

Exchange information and good practices on the implementation of ELI on a regular basis with other stakeholders

9

Anonymisation and pseudo-nymisation of Court decisions for Open Data use

FR and AT

| — | Facilitate the transparent and accessible publication of court decisions |
| --- | --- |

—

Facilitate the transparent and accessible publication of court decisions

| — | Develop tools using AI technology to automatically anonymise or pseudonymise court decisions for reuse |
| --- | --- |

—

Develop tools using AI technology to automatically anonymise or pseudonymise court decisions for reuse

| — | Identify best practices and technical guidelines for GDPR compatible automatic anonymised/pseudonymised publication of Court decisions |
| --- | --- |

—

Identify best practices and technical guidelines for GDPR compatible automatic anonymised/pseudonymised publication of Court decisions

| — | Create an AI tool to automatically pseudonymise/anonymise court decisions, using databases of court decisions |
| --- | --- |

—

Create an AI tool to automatically pseudonymise/anonymise court decisions, using databases of court decisions

AT

Provide the data required to train the system (notably taken from national court data)

Assist in analysis and developments

| — | Coordinate the work on the tool |
| --- | --- |

—

Coordinate the work on the tool

| — | Determine best practices and guidelines for its conception and implementation |
| --- | --- |

—

Determine best practices and guidelines for its conception and implementation

2.   Interlinking legal data

| 14. | Interlinked legal data allows users to find relevant information in a fast and reliable way. Legal data can be used in Open Data format to help citizens, businesses and judicial authorities study and collate data, in order to analyse it and contribute to applications using this data, including by taking advantage of Artificial Intelligence.














  No | Name of the project | Proposed by | Goals of the project | Actions to be undertaken | Project leader | Contributions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Member States | Publications Office of the European Union | Working Party | Other partners |
| 10 | Interlinking of legal data | POEU | — | Further implement ELI and ECLI on the side of the POEU |

14.

No

Name of the project

Proposed by

Goals of the project

Actions to be undertaken

Project leader

Contributions

Member States

Publications Office of the European Union

Working Party

Other partners

10

Interlinking of legal data

POEU

—

Further implement ELI and ECLI on the side of the POEU

| — | Better link EU law, national transposition measures and case law |
| --- | --- |

—

Better link EU law, national transposition measures and case law

| — | Update faster |
| --- | --- |

—

Update faster

| — | Develop linked Open Data |
| --- | --- |

—

Develop linked Open Data

| — | Improve the transmission tools for national transposition measures and relevant case law |
| --- | --- |

—

Improve the transmission tools for national transposition measures and relevant case law

| — | Improve the interoperability of tools for accessing relevant legislation and case law |
| --- | --- |

—

Improve the interoperability of tools for accessing relevant legislation and case law

| — | Create automatic links from texts of legal acts to other legal acts and case law |
| --- | --- |

—

Create automatic links from texts of legal acts to other legal acts and case law

POEU

| — | Provide the required data |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide the required data

| — | Transmit national transposition measures and relevant case law on a voluntary basis |
| --- | --- |

—

Transmit national transposition measures and relevant case law on a voluntary basis

| — | Implement tools |
| --- | --- |

—

Implement tools

| — | Monitor transmission and updating |
| --- | --- |

—

Monitor transmission and updating

| — | Serve as contact point for the Publications Office |
| --- | --- |

—

Serve as contact point for the Publications Office

| — | Monitor the implementation of tools |
| --- | --- |

—

Monitor the implementation of tools

| — | Provide feedback on the usability of these tools |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide feedback on the usability of these tools

3.   Artificial Intelligence

| 15. | Artificial Intelligence has been identified as one of the major developments in information and communication technologies in recent years and should be further developed in coming years. Its implications in the field of e-Justice need to be further defined.














  No | Name of the project | Proposed by | Goals of the project | Actions to be undertaken | Project leader | Contributions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Member States | Commission | Working Party | Other partners |
| 11 | Artificial Intelligence for Justice | COM, FR and AT | — | Define the role which Artificial Intelligence might play in the field to justice |

15.

No

Name of the project

Proposed by

Goals of the project

Actions to be undertaken

Project leader

Contributions

Member States

Commission

Working Party

Other partners

11

Artificial Intelligence for Justice

COM, FR and AT

—

Define the role which Artificial Intelligence might play in the field to justice

| — | Develop an AI-tool for analysis of court decisions |
| --- | --- |

—

Develop an AI-tool for analysis of court decisions

| — | Draft a report describing the state of play of Artificial Intelligence tools developed in Member States |
| --- | --- |

—

Draft a report describing the state of play of Artificial Intelligence tools developed in Member States

| — | Develop applications for use in national judiciaries, taking into account the specific needs of the judiciary |
| --- | --- |

—

Develop applications for use in national judiciaries, taking into account the specific needs of the judiciary

FR and COM (with respect to the e-Justice Portal)

| — | Provide information on the use of AI-tools in their judiciaries |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide information on the use of AI-tools in their judiciaries

| — | Provide feedback on available AI-tools in the field of justice |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide feedback on available AI-tools in the field of justice

| — | Participate in pilot project |
| --- | --- |

—

Participate in pilot project

| — | Support AI tools used by Member States' judiciaries |
| --- | --- |

—

Support AI tools used by Member States' judiciaries

| — | Consider developing AI tools for the e-Justice Portal |
| --- | --- |

—

Consider developing AI tools for the e-Justice Portal

| — | Draft a report describing the state of play of Artificial Intelligence tools developed in Member States |
| --- | --- |

—

Draft a report describing the state of play of Artificial Intelligence tools developed in Member States

CCBE:

Draft a guide on the use of Artificial Intelligence by lawyers in the EU

12

Chatbot for the e-Justice Portal

AT

Develop a ChatBot that would assist the user and direct her/him to the information s/he is looking for.

| — | Identify the use cases for a ChatBot on the e-Justice Portal |
| --- | --- |

—

Identify the use cases for a ChatBot on the e-Justice Portal

| — | Develop and setup this ChatBot |
| --- | --- |

—

Develop and setup this ChatBot

AT and COM (with respect to the e-Justice Portal)

| — | Contribute to the content parts of the Portal |
| --- | --- |

—

Contribute to the content parts of the Portal

| — | Provide feedback on the ChatBot |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide feedback on the ChatBot

| — | Develop the ChatBot |
| --- | --- |

—

Develop the ChatBot

| — | Implement the ChatBot on the e-Justice Portal for identified use cases |
| --- | --- |

—

Implement the ChatBot on the e-Justice Portal for identified use cases

| — | Follow up on the development of the ChatBot |
| --- | --- |

—

Follow up on the development of the ChatBot

| — | Provide feedback on the implementation of the ChatBot |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide feedback on the implementation of the ChatBot

III.   e-Communication in the field of justice

A.   
  Secure exchange of data

| 16. | In order to develop cross-border electronic proceedings, there needs to be secure exchange of data between the authorities and practitioners involved in these proceedings. A number of preconditions are necessary, however such as an agreement on security conditions of transmission or the ability to trust in a transmitted document.














  No | Name of the project | Proposed by | Goals of the project | Actions to be undertaken | Project leader | Contributions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Member States | Commission | Working Party | Other partners |
| 13 | Electronic payment of Court fees | COM | Allow for electronic payment of court fees | — | Establish an inventory of judicial procedures and associated court fees |

16.

No

Name of the project

Proposed by

Goals of the project

Actions to be undertaken

Project leader

Contributions

Member States

Commission

Working Party

Other partners

13

Electronic payment of Court fees

COM

Allow for electronic payment of court fees

—

Establish an inventory of judicial procedures and associated court fees

| — | Analyse the national situation of Member States on the means of payment for court fees |
| --- | --- |

—

Analyse the national situation of Member States on the means of payment for court fees

| — | Enable online payment of court fees vie the e-Justice Portal |
| --- | --- |

—

Enable online payment of court fees vie the e-Justice Portal

| — | Agree among participating Member States on the modalities of the payment system |
| --- | --- |

—

Agree among participating Member States on the modalities of the payment system

COM

| — | Provide information on the national context for Court fees (inventory and means of payment) |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide information on the national context for Court fees (inventory and means of payment)

| — | Implement the necessary legal and technical changes |
| --- | --- |

—

Implement the necessary legal and technical changes

Develop the tool on the e-Justice Portal for the determination and possible payment of court fees

Assess the results of the inventory of court fees

14

Cooperation in digital criminal proceedings

EE

Explore and analyse the possibilities for exchanging data digitally in criminal proceedings

| — | Analyse use cases for digital criminal proceedings |
| --- | --- |

—

Analyse use cases for digital criminal proceedings

| — | Share knowledge and best practices in this field |
| --- | --- |

—

Share knowledge and best practices in this field

| — | Analyse the feasibility of data exchange in digital criminal proceedings |
| --- | --- |

—

Analyse the feasibility of data exchange in digital criminal proceedings

EE

Provide information on the national situation concerning digital criminal proceedings

Provide tools for the secure exchange of data

| — | Serve as a forum for the exchange of best practices |
| --- | --- |

—

Serve as a forum for the exchange of best practices

| — | Serve as a contact point for the implementation of possible pilot projects |
| --- | --- |

—

Serve as a contact point for the implementation of possible pilot projects

15

e-Identity 2.0

COM

| — | Adopt an ontology of professional roles covering the entirety of the European judicial space |
| --- | --- |

—

Adopt an ontology of professional roles covering the entirety of the European judicial space

| — | Prepare a clear approach for technical implementation |
| --- | --- |

—

Prepare a clear approach for technical implementation

| — | Create an ontology of professional roles |
| --- | --- |

—

Create an ontology of professional roles

| — | Create a structure for maintaining this ontology |
| --- | --- |

—

Create a structure for maintaining this ontology

| — | Prepare the implementation of personal identification linked to professional roles |
| --- | --- |

—

Prepare the implementation of personal identification linked to professional roles

COM

| — | Provide information on the role of legal practitioners |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide information on the role of legal practitioners

| — | Define access rights depending on this ontology |
| --- | --- |

—

Define access rights depending on this ontology

| — | Create an ontology of professional roles for legal practitioners |
| --- | --- |

—

Create an ontology of professional roles for legal practitioners

| — | Serve as a contact point between the Commission, Member States and legal practitioners |
| --- | --- |

—

Serve as a contact point between the Commission, Member States and legal practitioners

| — | Provide feedback on the legal context in the Member States |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide feedback on the legal context in the Member States

Practitioners:

Provide information on the role and practices of legal practitioners

16

iSupport for the e-Justice Portal

AT

Provide a way to communicate digitally with a Member State's central authority through the e-Justice portal

| — | Determine the conditions of use for iSupport on the e-Justice Portal |
| --- | --- |

—

Determine the conditions of use for iSupport on the e-Justice Portal

| — | Integrate the necessary changes into iSupport |
| --- | --- |

—

Integrate the necessary changes into iSupport

| — | Implement iSupport on the Portal |
| --- | --- |

—

Implement iSupport on the Portal

To be determined

Connect national central authorities to iSupport

Implement iSupport on the Portal

| — | Determine the conditions of use for iSupport on the e-Justice Portal |
| --- | --- |

—

Determine the conditions of use for iSupport on the e-Justice Portal

| — | Serve as contact for national central authorities |
| --- | --- |

—

Serve as contact for national central authorities

Hague Conference on Private International Law:

Develop iSupport

17

Find a Lawyer II

COM

Create a verification system for the status of a lawyer

| — | Assess the legal admissibility of certificates delivered in the framework of the existing Find a Lawyer II system |
| --- | --- |

—

Assess the legal admissibility of certificates delivered in the framework of the existing Find a Lawyer II system

| — | Implement the existing Find a Lawyer II solution on the e-Justice Portal |
| --- | --- |

—

Implement the existing Find a Lawyer II solution on the e-Justice Portal

CCBE and COM (with respect to the e-Justice Portal)

Provide information about the legal context for delivering certificates on the status of a lawyer

If possible, implement the existing Find a Lawyer II solution on the e-Justice Portal

| — | Serve as a contact point between the Commission, Member States and legal practitioners |
| --- | --- |

—

Serve as a contact point between the Commission, Member States and legal practitioners

| — | Provide feedback on the legal context in the Member States |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide feedback on the legal context in the Member States

CCBE:

| — | Coordinate the work on the side of the bar associations |
| --- | --- |

—

Coordinate the work on the side of the bar associations

| — | If adopted, provide information through the Find a Lawyer II system |
| --- | --- |

—

If adopted, provide information through the Find a Lawyer II system

18

Blockchain for Justice

COM

Explore use cases for blockchain technologies in the e-Justice domain

Launch a study to analyse the legal conditions and possible opportunities and/or obstacles

COM

Provide information on the legal and technical national context

Conduct the study

| — | Serve as contact point for practitioners |
| --- | --- |

—

Serve as contact point for practitioners

| — | Evaluate the results of the study |
| --- | --- |

—

Evaluate the results of the study

Interested legal and professional organisations:

Provide input based on their experience

19

e-Payment for the e-Justice Portal

AT

Develop a payment system for fees

| — | Implement an e-Payment function for fees on the e-Justice Portal |
| --- | --- |

—

Implement an e-Payment function for fees on the e-Justice Portal

| — | Agree among participating Member States on the use of the payment system |
| --- | --- |

—

Agree among participating Member States on the use of the payment system

To be determined

| — | Provide relevant input and information |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide relevant input and information

| — | Participate in the payment system in the context of its application (e.g. payment of BRIS document fees) |
| --- | --- |

—

Participate in the payment system in the context of its application (e.g. payment of BRIS document fees)

Implement the e-Payment function

Determine the conditions of use for the payment system

B.   
  Secure communication between citizens, practitioners and judicial authorities

| 17. | In order to more immediately involve citizens in electronic judicial proceedings, tools for direct communication between citizens, practitioners and judicial authorities need to be developed.














  No | Name of the project | Proposed by | Goals of the project | Actions to be undertaken | Project leader | Contributions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Member States | Commission | Working Party | Other partners |
| 20 | Videoconferencing | AT | — | Identify problems with cross-border videoconferencing |

17.

No

Name of the project

Proposed by

Goals of the project

Actions to be undertaken

Project leader

Contributions

Member States

Commission

Working Party

Other partners

20

Videoconferencing

AT

—

Identify problems with cross-border videoconferencing

| — | Exchange information, good practices and technology to enable cross-border videoconferencing |
| --- | --- |

—

Exchange information, good practices and technology to enable cross-border videoconferencing

| — | Suggest short-term actions and projects to improve cross-border videoconferencing |
| --- | --- |

—

Suggest short-term actions and projects to improve cross-border videoconferencing

| — | Exchange information, good practices and technology |
| --- | --- |

—

Exchange information, good practices and technology

| — | Suggest specific actions and projects to improve cross-border videoconferencing |
| --- | --- |

—

Suggest specific actions and projects to improve cross-border videoconferencing

AT

| — | Provide courts and administrations with video-conferencing equipment |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide courts and administrations with video-conferencing equipment

| — | Maintain the relevant static content on the e-Justice Portal |
| --- | --- |

—

Maintain the relevant static content on the e-Justice Portal

NA

Serve as a forum to exchange information, good practices and technology

IV.   Interoperability

A.   
  e-CODEX

| 18. | Interoperability is one of the objectives expressed in the e-Justice Strategy (7). Interoperability between national systems is intended to be ensured by e-CODEX technology (e-Justice Communication via Online Data EXchange) and its continuation project Me-CODEX (Maintenance of e-CODEX).














  No | Name of the project | Proposed by | Goals of the project | Actions to be undertaken | Project leader | Contributions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Member States | Commission | Working Party | Other partners |
| 21 | e-CODEX | AT | Maintain the e-CODEX system in order to prepare it for a handover | — | Maintain the e-CODEX components and the Central Testing Platform |

18.

No

Name of the project

Proposed by

Goals of the project

Actions to be undertaken

Project leader

Contributions

Member States

Commission

Working Party

Other partners

21

e-CODEX

AT

Maintain the e-CODEX system in order to prepare it for a handover

—

Maintain the e-CODEX components and the Central Testing Platform

| — | Establish the necessary governance and communication and marketing activities |
| --- | --- |

—

Establish the necessary governance and communication and marketing activities

e-CODEX consortium

| — | Use e-CODEX |
| --- | --- |

—

Use e-CODEX

| — | Communicate experience and practices to the e-CODEX community |
| --- | --- |

—

Communicate experience and practices to the e-CODEX community

Cooperate with Member States in maintaining e-CODEX

| — | Serve as a forum for expanding the e-CODEX community |
| --- | --- |

—

Serve as a forum for expanding the e-CODEX community

| — | Serve as a contact point concerning the use of e-CODEX within the framework of EU instruments |
| --- | --- |

—

Serve as a contact point concerning the use of e-CODEX within the framework of EU instruments

Hague Convention on Private International Law, legal practitioners organisations and stakeholders:

| — | Use e-CODEX |
| --- | --- |

—

Use e-CODEX

| — | Provide feedback |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide feedback

22

e-CODEX for legal instruments

AT

Implement pilots for the exchange of forms, documents and structured data

Provide the business and process modelling and the technical implementation for the interconnection between the authorities participating in legal instruments through e-CODEX

e-CODEX consortium

Use e-CODEX within the framework of legal instruments

Provide access to the e-CODEX network

Serve as a contact point to liaise between Working Parties working on legal instruments and Member States or the e-CODEX consortium

23

Harmonisation of backend systems

AT

Generate common and harmonised backend systems for specific legal instruments

Identify legal instruments for which common backend systems are desirable and feasible

e-CODEX consortium

| — | Develop backends for systems derived from legal instruments |
| --- | --- |

—

Develop backends for systems derived from legal instruments

| — | Cooperate in the creation of common backends |
| --- | --- |

—

Cooperate in the creation of common backends

Provide common backends, depending on the needs of Member States

Serve as a point of contact for determining the backends to be implemented

B.   
  Semantic interoperability

| 19. | The aim of semantic interoperability is to facilitate communication between systems by aligning terms used in metadata and standards. It also intended to reduce the impact of language differences by providing automatic translation, thus freeing resources for urgent translations. |
| --- | --- |

19.

| 20. | A controlled vocabulary consists of a list of terms used to index content and make it easier to retrieve of information. The processing of data and discoverability of information can be further enhanced and rendered more efficient by using controlled vocabularies, identifiers such as ELI or ECLI, Artificial Intelligence and analysis of legal Open Data and Big Data.














  No | Name of the project | Proposed by | Goals of the project | Actions to be undertaken | Project leader | Contributions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Member States | Publications Office of the European Union | Working Party | Other partners |
| 24 | Voice recognition | NL | Develop a tool, allowing for the automatic transcription of oral discourse into written form, for use in judicial proceedings | — | Determine use cases and best practices for automatic transcription |

20.

No

Name of the project

Proposed by

Goals of the project

Actions to be undertaken

Project leader

Contributions

Member States

Publications Office of the European Union

Working Party

Other partners

24

Voice recognition

NL

Develop a tool, allowing for the automatic transcription of oral discourse into written form, for use in judicial proceedings

—

Determine use cases and best practices for automatic transcription

| — | Develop a database of languages and dialects |
| --- | --- |

—

Develop a database of languages and dialects

| — | Agree on the legal and technical use conditions of automatic transcription within the judicial field |
| --- | --- |

—

Agree on the legal and technical use conditions of automatic transcription within the judicial field

NL

Provide access to data on native languages and dialects

NA

| — | Monitor the development of the tool |
| --- | --- |

—

Monitor the development of the tool

| — | Serve as a contact point between participants |
| --- | --- |

—

Serve as a contact point between participants

| — | Determine the use cases and technical possibilities of the tool |
| --- | --- |

—

Determine the use cases and technical possibilities of the tool

Experts (translators/interpreters) and academics:

Possibly provide data

25

Controlled vocabularies — EuroVoc and LegiVoc

POEU and FR

| — | Encourage the use of VocBench |
| --- | --- |

—

Encourage the use of VocBench

| — | Put in place a EuroVoc indexing tool |
| --- | --- |

—

Put in place a EuroVoc indexing tool

| — | Expand LegiVoc |
| --- | --- |

—

Expand LegiVoc

| — | Consolidate and promote the semantic alignment of the vocabularies of the EU Member States, along with third States |
| --- | --- |

—

Consolidate and promote the semantic alignment of the vocabularies of the EU Member States, along with third States

| — | Promote the use of VocBench |
| --- | --- |

—

Promote the use of VocBench

| — | Develop an automatic indexing tool for EuroVoc |
| --- | --- |

—

Develop an automatic indexing tool for EuroVoc

| — | Expand the range of included vocabularies in LegiVoc |
| --- | --- |

—

Expand the range of included vocabularies in LegiVoc

| — | Improve the administration of LegiVoc |
| --- | --- |

—

Improve the administration of LegiVoc

POEU for EuroVoc, FR for LegiVoc

Provide information on vocabularies

| — | Develop an automatic indexing tool for EuroVoc |
| --- | --- |

—

Develop an automatic indexing tool for EuroVoc

| — | Align different tools |
| --- | --- |

—

Align different tools

| — | Communicate on VocBench |
| --- | --- |

—

Communicate on VocBench

| — | Monitor the use of EuroVoc |
| --- | --- |

—

Monitor the use of EuroVoc

| — | Serve as a contact point for the wider implementation of VocBench and LegiVoc |
| --- | --- |

—

Serve as a contact point for the wider implementation of VocBench and LegiVoc

26

Interoperability and common standards

POEU

| — | Create common formats for the legislative process |
| --- | --- |

—

Create common formats for the legislative process

| — | Further promote the use of Open Data |
| --- | --- |

—

Further promote the use of Open Data

| — | Create a legislative drafting management system |
| --- | --- |

—

Create a legislative drafting management system

| — | Harmonise the document and information flow |
| --- | --- |

—

Harmonise the document and information flow

| — | Publish further e-Justice datasets on the EU Open Data Portal |
| --- | --- |

—

Publish further e-Justice datasets on the EU Open Data Portal

| — | Possibly develop a new system as a result of cooperation between the Member States, the Publications Office of the European Union, the Commission and possibly other EU institutions |
| --- | --- |

—

Possibly develop a new system as a result of cooperation between the Member States, the Publications Office of the European Union, the Commission and possibly other EU institutions

POEU

Cooperate with the Publications Office on developing a legislative drafting management system

| — | Work on harmonisation and publication |
| --- | --- |

—

Work on harmonisation and publication

| — | Develop a legislative drafting management system |
| --- | --- |

—

Develop a legislative drafting management system

| — | Monitor the development of the drafting system and publication of EU Open Data |
| --- | --- |

—

Monitor the development of the drafting system and publication of EU Open Data

| — | Serve as a contact point with the Publications Office for coordinating on the development of the drafting system |
| --- | --- |

—

Serve as a contact point with the Publications Office for coordinating on the development of the drafting system

V.   Reserve list

| 21. | There are certain projects that present an interest for e-Justice, but some of their preconditions appear unfulfilled for the time being. Therefore, Member States have agreed to create a reserve list of projects with lower priority, which could still be implemented with the participation of the Member States who wish to pursue the project once solutions have been found for existing obstacles or unfulfilled conditions. These projects could still be awarded financing if calls encompass their scope. |
| --- | --- |

21.

| 22. | In order to foster a better uptake of e-Justice projects, the Working Party on e-Law (e-Justice) can serve as a forum, for the following projects.














  No | Name of the project | Proposed by | Goals of the project | Actions to be undertaken | Project leader | Contributions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Member States | Commission | Working Party | Other partners |
| R1 | Debtors Information System | NL | Create a central platform for debtors and potential creditors to access information on their situation (for debtors, on their own situation, for potential creditors, on the situation of possible debtors) | — | Create a platform for displaying data contained in debt-related databases |

22.

No

Name of the project

Proposed by

Goals of the project

Actions to be undertaken

Project leader

Contributions

Member States

Commission

Working Party

Other partners

R1

Debtors Information System

NL

Create a central platform for debtors and potential creditors to access information on their situation (for debtors, on their own situation, for potential creditors, on the situation of possible debtors)

—

Create a platform for displaying data contained in debt-related databases

| — | Create databases of debt data in participating Member States |
| --- | --- |

—

Create databases of debt data in participating Member States

| — | Create an interconnection between these databases |
| --- | --- |

—

Create an interconnection between these databases

| — | Enable citizens and professionals to exchange data and communicate |
| --- | --- |

—

Enable citizens and professionals to exchange data and communicate

NL

Update and interconnect existing databases

Consider possibilities for hosting the developed tool on the e-Justice Portal

Serve as a contact point for creating and updating debtors' databases

R2

BabelLex

FR

Offer access to databases of translators and interpreters through the e-Justice Portal

| — | Further develop the BabelLex platform |
| --- | --- |

—

Further develop the BabelLex platform

| — | Expand the platform's geographical coverage |
| --- | --- |

—

Expand the platform's geographical coverage

| — | Integrate BabelLex into the e-Justice Portal, along the lines of the ‘Find a...’ tools |
| --- | --- |

—

Integrate BabelLex into the e-Justice Portal, along the lines of the ‘Find a...’ tools

FR

Provide assistance to associations of interpreters and translators in creating and maintaining databases of interpreters and translators

Provide the search tool to be used on the e-Justice Portal

| — | Serve as contact point for associations of interpreters and translators |
| --- | --- |

—

Serve as contact point for associations of interpreters and translators

| — | Provide assistance in contacting local associations |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide assistance in contacting local associations

Associations of interpreters and translators:

Create and maintain databases of interpreters and translators

R3

Interconnection of national registers of vulnerable adults

FR

| — | Establish national databases on the legal capacity of persons, including their wishes in case of prospective physical or mental disability |
| --- | --- |

—

Establish national databases on the legal capacity of persons, including their wishes in case of prospective physical or mental disability

| — | Interconnect these databases |
| --- | --- |

—

Interconnect these databases

| — | Support the interconnection of existing national registers listing decisions dealing with protective measures for vulnerable adults |
| --- | --- |

—

Support the interconnection of existing national registers listing decisions dealing with protective measures for vulnerable adults

| — | Add an information page on the e-Justice Portal dealing with legal capacity and vulnerable adults |
| --- | --- |

—

Add an information page on the e-Justice Portal dealing with legal capacity and vulnerable adults

FR

| — | Maintain existing national databases of decisions dealing with protective measures for vulnerable adults |
| --- | --- |

—

Maintain existing national databases of decisions dealing with protective measures for vulnerable adults

| — | Allow for an interconnection with this database |
| --- | --- |

—

Allow for an interconnection with this database

Provide the infrastructure on the e-Justice Portal

| — | Coordinate on the contents of the databases and interconnection |
| --- | --- |

—

Coordinate on the contents of the databases and interconnection

| — | Follow up on its implementation by Member States and the Commission |
| --- | --- |

—

Follow up on its implementation by Member States and the Commission

Notaries:

Cooperate on the maintenance and updating of national databases

R4

Electronic seals and assurance levels in e-Justice

COM

Establish the type of electronic signatures and seals required for various proceedings and the assurance levels of the means of eID to be used in compliance with the eIDAS Regulation to access e-Justice services

| — | Determine the assurance levels required for use of electronic identity schemes for the cross border access e-Justice services |
| --- | --- |

—

Determine the assurance levels required for use of electronic identity schemes for the cross border access e-Justice services

| — | Determine the requirements for the use of electronic signatures and electronic seals |
| --- | --- |

—

Determine the requirements for the use of electronic signatures and electronic seals

COM

Provide information on national requirements with respect to national e-signatures and e-seals recognised by Member States in the field of e-Justice services

NA

| — | Collect information on national practices and requirements for electronic signatures and seals |
| --- | --- |

—

Collect information on national practices and requirements for electronic signatures and seals

| — | Agree on recommendations for eIDAS-regulated services in the field of Justice |
| --- | --- |

—

Agree on recommendations for eIDAS-regulated services in the field of Justice

R5

European Single Email Address

COM

Implement a national/EU email address for official communications with the judiciary/competent public authorities to be used at both national and European level

| — | Create an inventory of national email address systems, used for official communications |
| --- | --- |

—

Create an inventory of national email address systems, used for official communications

| — | Determine use cases for an EU email address dedicated to official communications |
| --- | --- |

—

Determine use cases for an EU email address dedicated to official communications

| — | Define a strategy for establishing such an email address |
| --- | --- |

—

Define a strategy for establishing such an email address

COM

| — | Provide information on electronic means used in official communication at national level |
| --- | --- |

—

Provide information on electronic means used in official communication at national level

| — | Agree among participating Member States on the implementation of an EU email address for official communication |
| --- | --- |

—

Agree among participating Member States on the implementation of an EU email address for official communication

Study the feasibility of the implementation of an EU email address to be used in the context of official communication

| — | Collect information on national practices regarding email addresses for official communication |
| --- | --- |

—

Collect information on national practices regarding email addresses for official communication

VI.   Projects led by practitioners

| 23. | Practitioners have proposed projects, that would benefit of e-Justice work. The projects would be launched at the initiative of the practitioners who made the proposal (8). |
| --- | --- |

23.

| 24. | At the request of practitioners, these projects may require the help of the Working Party. The Working Party would coordinate the actions undertaken so as to avoid duplication of effort among the practitioners involved.













  No | Name of the project | Goals of the project | Actions to be undertaken | Project leader | Form of participation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Member States | Commission | Working Party | Other partners |
| P1 | Online Dispute Resolution for Small Claims | Create a technical bridge/gateway between online dispute resolution systems and the EU Small Claims electronic procedure when the dispute is not solved online | — | Conduct a comparative study on the existing Online Dispute Resolution for Small claims in the different Member States (scope, technologies, professionals involved) |

24.

No

Name of the project

Goals of the project

Actions to be undertaken

Project leader

Form of participation

Member States

Commission

Working Party

Other partners

P1

Online Dispute Resolution for Small Claims

Create a technical bridge/gateway between online dispute resolution systems and the EU Small Claims electronic procedure when the dispute is not solved online

—

Conduct a comparative study on the existing Online Dispute Resolution for Small claims in the different Member States (scope, technologies, professionals involved)

| — | Analyse and propose technical options for convergence (if necessary) and connection between the Online Dispute Resolution systems and EU Small claims electronic procedure |
| --- | --- |

—

Analyse and propose technical options for convergence (if necessary) and connection between the Online Dispute Resolution systems and EU Small claims electronic procedure

European Chamber of Judicial Officers (CEHJ)

Provide information on existing online national dispute resolutions systems

Reflect on a technical bridge/gateway between online dispute resolution systems

| — | Reflect on a technical bridge/gateway between online dispute resolution systems |
| --- | --- |

—

Reflect on a technical bridge/gateway between online dispute resolution systems

| — | Serve as a contact point for practitioners' associations |
| --- | --- |

—

Serve as a contact point for practitioners' associations

CEHJ:

| — | Conduct the study |
| --- | --- |

—

Conduct the study

| — | Publish the results of the study |
| --- | --- |

—

Publish the results of the study

| — | Cooperate with the Commission and Member States to determine the best solutions for connecting ODR and the EU small claims procedure |
| --- | --- |

—

Cooperate with the Commission and Member States to determine the best solutions for connecting ODR and the EU small claims procedure

P2

EPIS Database

| — | Create a sustainable and recognised platform for the centralisation of EU prison information. |
| --- | --- |

—

Create a sustainable and recognised platform for the centralisation of EU prison information.

| — | Aid transparency and facilitate knowledge sharing and learning concerning prison operations, conditions and practices |
| --- | --- |

—

Aid transparency and facilitate knowledge sharing and learning concerning prison operations, conditions and practices

| — | Raise awareness of and encourage contributions to EPIS |
| --- | --- |

—

Raise awareness of and encourage contributions to EPIS

| — | Encourage contributions from Member States' national prison agencies as regards more datasets and the possibility of developing a statistical database |
| --- | --- |

—

Encourage contributions from Member States' national prison agencies as regards more datasets and the possibility of developing a statistical database

EuroPris

Provide data on their penitentiary establishments

Provide a link on the e-Justice Portal to the EPIS database

| — | Serve as a contact point for EuroPris |
| --- | --- |

—

Serve as a contact point for EuroPris

| — | Consider possible future uses for the database |
| --- | --- |

—

Consider possible future uses for the database

University of Lausanne:

Develop a statistical database

P3

Electronic Registers of Experts

| — | Create national directories of judicial experts |
| --- | --- |

—

Create national directories of judicial experts

| — | Implement a search tool on the e-Justice Portal, interconnecting these directories |
| --- | --- |

—

Implement a search tool on the e-Justice Portal, interconnecting these directories

| — | Promote the creation of national directories of judicial experts |
| --- | --- |

—

Promote the creation of national directories of judicial experts

| — | Interconnect these national directories through the e-Justice Portal |
| --- | --- |

—

Interconnect these national directories through the e-Justice Portal

| — | Draft information pages for citizens |
| --- | --- |

—

Draft information pages for citizens

European Expert and Expertise Institute (EEEI) + EuroExpert

| — | If needed, assist national associations of judicial experts in creating directories of their members |
| --- | --- |

—

If needed, assist national associations of judicial experts in creating directories of their members

| — | Coordinate with these associations, in order to interconnect their directories through the e-Justice Portal |
| --- | --- |

—

Coordinate with these associations, in order to interconnect their directories through the e-Justice Portal

Provide the search tool on the e-Justice Portal

Serve as a contact point for national associations of experts

EEEI + EuroExpert:

| — | Establish directories of judicial experts |
| --- | --- |

—

Establish directories of judicial experts

| — | Consider best practices in order to facilitate the implementation of such directories |
| --- | --- |

—

Consider best practices in order to facilitate the implementation of such directories

P4

e-Expertise

Deploy paperless exchanges in judicial expertise procedures

| — | Take stock of the tools currently used in the EU both in the context of judicial expertise procedures and in the other judicial professions. |
| --- | --- |

—

Take stock of the tools currently used in the EU both in the context of judicial expertise procedures and in the other judicial professions.

| — | Assess the variety of expertise and procedures linked to expertise |
| --- | --- |

—

Assess the variety of expertise and procedures linked to expertise

| — | Implement the existing forms in the annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 |
| --- | --- |

—

Implement the existing forms in the annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001

| — | Develop a new request form to find, assess and appoint an expert for giving evidence |
| --- | --- |

—

Develop a new request form to find, assess and appoint an expert for giving evidence

European Expert and Expertise Institute (EEEI) + EuroExpert

Provide information on existing expertise procedures

NA

Serve as a contact point for practitioners' associations

EEEI+ EuroExpert:

| — | Take stock of the ‘European’ tools available to the judicial professions |
| --- | --- |

—

Take stock of the ‘European’ tools available to the judicial professions

| — | Choose the appropriate solution(s) |
| --- | --- |

—

Choose the appropriate solution(s)

| — | Develop and implement one or more pilot projects |
| --- | --- |

—

Develop and implement one or more pilot projects

P5

Interconnection of European Certificates of Succession Registers

| — | Combat forged and duplicate ECS |
| --- | --- |

—

Combat forged and duplicate ECS

| — | Assist in the use of ECS |
| --- | --- |

—

Assist in the use of ECS

Interconnect existing registers to those already interconnected via ENRWA

European Network of Registers of Wills Associations (ENRWA)

| — | Interconnect existing registers |
| --- | --- |

—

Interconnect existing registers

| — | Create registers in voluntary Member States where they do not exist |
| --- | --- |

—

Create registers in voluntary Member States where they do not exist

Provide the infrastructure for access to the interconnection on the e-Justice Portal

| — | Promote the project to national authorities |
| --- | --- |

—

Promote the project to national authorities

| — | Possibly develop a best-practice guide for countries wishing to set up and interconnect registers |
| --- | --- |

—

Possibly develop a best-practice guide for countries wishing to set up and interconnect registers

European Network of Registers of Wills Association:

| — | Coordinate the creation of national registers |
| --- | --- |

—

Coordinate the creation of national registers

| — | Share knowledge on best practices and technologies for creating national registers |
| --- | --- |

—

Share knowledge on best practices and technologies for creating national registers

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(1)  Draft strategy on European e-Justice 2014-2018 (OJ C 376, 21.12.2013, p. 7) and Multiannual European e-Justice Action Plan 2014-2018 (OJ C 182, 14.6.2014, p. 2).

(2)  Paragraph 12 to 17 of WK 2894/2018 REV 2.

(3)  Paragraph 18 to 22 of WK 2894/2018 REV 2.

(4)  Paragraph 40 of WK 2894/2018 REV 2.

(5)  Paragraph 14 of the Multiannual European e-Justice Action Plan 2014-2018 (OJ C 182, 14.6.2014, p. 2).

(6)  As per the principle of decentralisation expressed in the e-Justice Strategy at paragraphs 38 and 39 of WK 2894 2018 REV 2.

(7)  Paragraph 40 of WK 2894 2018 REV 2.

(8)  As indicated in paragraph 32 of the current draft 2019-2023 e-Justice Strategy, 12794/1/18 REV 1.

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European Commission

| 13.3.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 96/33 |
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13.3.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 96/33

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Euro exchange rates (1)

12 March 2019

(2019/C 96/06)

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| USD | US dollar | 1,1275 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 125,27 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4602 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,86145 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 10,5715 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,1369 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | 135,80 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 9,7365 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 25,667 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 315,35 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,2994 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,7593 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 6,1536 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,5926 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,5111 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 8,8508 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,6436 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,5292 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 273,88 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 16,1186 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 7,5643 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,4155 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 16 084,00 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,6047 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 59,633 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 74,1045 |
| THB | Thai baht | 35,697 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 4,3045 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 21,7677 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 78,5175 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,1275

JPY

Japanese yen

125,27

DKK

Danish krone

7,4602

GBP

Pound sterling

0,86145

SEK

Swedish krona

10,5715

CHF

Swiss franc

1,1369

ISK

Iceland króna

135,80

NOK

Norwegian krone

9,7365

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

25,667

HUF

Hungarian forint

315,35

PLN

Polish zloty

4,2994

RON

Romanian leu

4,7593

TRY

Turkish lira

6,1536

AUD

Australian dollar

1,5926

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,5111

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

8,8508

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,6436

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,5292

KRW

South Korean won

1 273,88

ZAR

South African rand

16,1186

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

7,5643

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,4155

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

16 084,00

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,6047

PHP

Philippine peso

59,633

RUB

Russian rouble

74,1045

THB

Thai baht

35,697

BRL

Brazilian real

4,3045

MXN

Mexican peso

21,7677

INR

Indian rupee

78,5175

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(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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| 13.3.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 96/34 |
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13.3.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 96/34

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Summary of European Commission Decisions on authorisations for the placing on the market for the use and/or for use of substances listed in Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

(Published pursuant to Article 64(9) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (1)
  )

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 96/07)

Decisions granting an authorisation

| Reference of the decision (2) | Date of decision | Substance name | Holder of the authorisation | Authorisation numbers | Authorised uses | Date of expiry of review period | Reasons for the decision |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| C(2019) 1643 | 6 March 2019 | sodium chromate
  EC No 231-889-5;
  CAS No 7775-11-3,
  potassium chromate
  EC No 232-140-5;
  CAS No 7789-00-6 | Saes Getters S.p.A., Viale Italia 77, 20020, Lainate (MI), Italy | REACH/19/14/0 | Use of sodium chromate in the formulation of a mixture and filling of that mixture into alkali metal dispensers for the production of photocathodes. | 6 March 2026 | In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socioeconomic benefits outweigh the risk to human health arising from the uses of the substances and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies in terms of their technical and economic feasibility. |
| REACH/19/14/1 | Use of potassium chromate in the formulation of a mixture and filling of that mixture into alkali metal dispensers for the production of photocathodes. |
| REACH/19/14/2 | Use of sodium chromate in alkali metal dispensers in the production of photocathodes. |
| REACH/19/14/3 | Use of potassium chromate in alkali metal dispensers in the production of photocathodes. |

Reference of the decision (2)

Date of decision

Substance name

Holder of the authorisation

Authorisation numbers

Authorised uses

Date of expiry of review period

Reasons for the decision

C(2019) 1643

6 March 2019

sodium chromate

EC No 231-889-5;

CAS No 7775-11-3,

potassium chromate

EC No 232-140-5;

CAS No 7789-00-6

Saes Getters S.p.A., Viale Italia 77, 20020, Lainate (MI), Italy

REACH/19/14/0

Use of sodium chromate in the formulation of a mixture and filling of that mixture into alkali metal dispensers for the production of photocathodes.

6 March 2026

In accordance with Article 60(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, the socioeconomic benefits outweigh the risk to human health arising from the uses of the substances and there are no suitable alternative substances or technologies in terms of their technical and economic feasibility.

REACH/19/14/1

Use of potassium chromate in the formulation of a mixture and filling of that mixture into alkali metal dispensers for the production of photocathodes.

REACH/19/14/2

Use of sodium chromate in alkali metal dispensers in the production of photocathodes.

REACH/19/14/3

Use of potassium chromate in alkali metal dispensers in the production of photocathodes.

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(1)  OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(2)  The decision is available on the European Commission website at: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/chemicals/reach/about/index_en.htm

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| 13.3.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 96/35 |
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13.3.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 96/35

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Notice concerning the annulment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 665/2013 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of vacuum cleaners

(2019/C 96/08)

In October 2013, Dyson Ltd applied to the General Court of the European Union seeking annulment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 665/2013 of 3 May 2013 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of vacuum cleaners (Case T-544/13). In November 2015, the General Court dismissed Dyson’s action.

Dyson appealed against this judgment to the Court of Justice. In May 2017, the Court of Justice set aside the General Court’s judgment and referred the case back to it for a new assessment (case C-44/16). On 8 November 2018, the General Court annulled Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 665/2013 in its entirety (Case T-544/13 RENV).

The Commission did not appeal and the annulment of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 665/2013 took effect on 18 January 2019, with retroactive effect as if the regulation had never existed. The judgment of the General Court does not provide for transitional measures.

This has the following consequences from 19 January 2019 onwards:

| — | Suppliers may no longer place vacuum cleaners on the Union market accompanied by the energy label as was provided for by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 665/2013. |
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Suppliers may no longer place vacuum cleaners on the Union market accompanied by the energy label as was provided for by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 665/2013.

| — | Dealers may no longer display, including for distance selling and selling online, the energy label with vacuum cleaners or make available to customers the product information sheet. Suppliers and dealers may no longer make reference to the energy efficiency class of the vacuum cleaners and the range of the efficiency classes available on the label in visual advertisements or technical promotional material. |
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Dealers may no longer display, including for distance selling and selling online, the energy label with vacuum cleaners or make available to customers the product information sheet. Suppliers and dealers may no longer make reference to the energy efficiency class of the vacuum cleaners and the range of the efficiency classes available on the label in visual advertisements or technical promotional material.

| — | Suppliers may no longer enter in the public and compliance parts of the product database the information set out in Article 4 and Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) pertaining to their vacuum cleaners. |
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Suppliers may no longer enter in the public and compliance parts of the product database the information set out in Article 4 and Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) pertaining to their vacuum cleaners.

The Court ruling has no impact on the ecodesign requirements for vacuum cleaners or energy labelling requirements for other products.

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(1)  OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 1.

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