Project Stage reached Action to be taken Responsibility for action Timetable Comments Type of project

European e-Justice portal — a prototype portal established by a group of Member States — DIM system elaborated by certain Member States in the framework of the e-Justice Working Party — authentication and identification — Group of Member States and the Commission 2009-2011 Launching the portal in 2008, opening up the portal to the public in December 2009 (see European Council conclusions of 18 and 19 June 2008) Reflections ongoing The accessible websites will be determined on the basis of the projects eligible and the criteria laid down by the Council Horizontal issues

— the prototype was made available to members of the e-Justice Working Party in April 2008 — security — multilingual interface and translation work — technical standards — Commission in full cooperation with the group of Member States participating in the pilot project The portal will be improved and added to as the other projects advance

— paperless communication between judicial authorities via a secure network. Work under way under the IDABC programme and in the e-Justice Working Party — feasibility study by the Commission

Interconnection of criminal records — as part of the pilot project, interconnection in 2006 of the criminal records of ES, BE, DE and FR, extended in January 2008 to CZ and LU — formulation of a reference implementation to facilitate access of new Member States to interconnection Council (work on the ECRIS draft followed up by the COPEN Working Party) and Commission (formulation of the reference implementation and EU co-financing) — reference implementation available in 2009 To date, work has been followed up by the COPEN Working Party Interconnection of national registers and support for instruments adopted to develop the European judicial area

— this project is currently operational among 6 Member States; 14 Member States are currently partners — political agreement at the June 2007 JHA Council on the draft framework decision on the organisation and content of the exchange of information extracted from criminal records between Member States — general approach on the draft Decision of the Council on 24 October 2008 on ECRIS laying down the basic features of the format for the electronic exchange of information between the 27 Member States — establishment of EU co-financing to prepare for connection to national criminal records — co-financing underway

European order for payment procedure — Regulation of 30 December 2006, making it possible to use electronic methods — continue discussions and work on the prototype — create dynamic forms — Group of Member States then Commission 2009-2011 Support for instruments adopted to develop the European judicial area

— prototype automated procedure devised by certain Member States — introduction of the e-application — Group of Member States then Commission

— feasibility study launched by the Commission — Commission

Legal aid Council Directive of 27 January 2003 to improve access to justice in cross-border disputes by establishing minimum common rules relating to legal aid — adding information relating to legal aid to the portal — request and obtain online legal aid: launching a feasibility study Commission 2009-2013 Support for instruments adopted to develop the European judicial area

European small claims procedure Regulation of 11 July 2007 — making it possible to use electronic methods — Commission to launch a feasibility study — Commission 2009-2013 Support for instruments adopted to develop the European judicial area

— create dynamic forms — Group of Member States and Commission

— introduction of the e-application — Group of Member States and then the Commission

Translation EUROVOC pilot project SYSTRAN automated translation system in use since 1976 questionnaire distributed by Austria Work on semantic interoperability and tables (as an aid for comprehension) — gradual compilation of comparative multilingual vocabulary — financing for legal translation tools in all European language pairs — interconnection of legal translators and interpreters databases — creation of a legal glossary — elaboration of tables of semantic concordance in different fields — Commission (Publications Office) 2009-2013 Horizontal issues

— Commission (Translation Service) 2009-2013

— Group of Member States then Commission 2009-2013

— Commission and Member States — SEMIC-EU 2009-2013

Better use of videoconferencing technology — booklet prepared under the Slovenian Presidency — finalise and place booklet online on the portal — Commission in cooperation with the Member States — 2008-2009 Involve both judicial networks in the work Support for instruments adopted to develop the European judicial area and exchange of best practice

— user manual being drawn up — finalise the manual and place online — end 2009 at the latest

— circulation of a questionnaire on videoconferencing equipment and the legal conditions for its use — place online the updated information on videoconferencing equipment in courts and the legal conditions for its use — Member States — Manager of the European judicial network on civil and commercial matters — Manager of the European criminal judicial network — online some time in 2009 at the latest

— establishing a reservation system: evaluation of its feasibility and relevance — devise an online reservation system — Commission in cooperation with the Member States — Launch in 2009

Mediation Directive of 21 May 2008 to be transposed by 21 May 2011 — adding information relating to mediation to the portal — launching a feasibility study Commission 2011-2013 The timetable depends on the date on which the Directive is transposed Support for instruments adopted to develop the European judicial area

Electronic signature (1) — work begun (IDABC (2)) Commission 2009-2011 The project IDABC is being carried out by DG SANCO Horizontal issues

Service of judicial and extrajudicial documents (by electronic means) Council Regulation of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters — feasibility study Commission 2010-2011 Support for instruments adopted to develop the European judicial area

Online payment of procedural costs Enable procedural costs to be paid online Commence work Member States 2011-2013 Support for instruments adopted to develop the European judicial area

Interconnection of insolvency registers — a prototype covering data from the insolvency registers of certain Member States — add data from the insolvency registers of other Member States — create a multilingual interface — create a legal and semantic glossary Group of Member States then Commission Continuation in 2009 at the initiative of the Member States. Incorporation in the portal Interconnection of national registers

Interconnection of land registers (inegration of EULIS) — work undertaken by EULIS — 1st phase: link to EULIS — 2nd phase: reflection on the possibility for partial integration of EULIS into the portal Authentication of the user via the portal Commission 2009-2010 Link with work in other Council configurations Interconnection of national registers

Interconnection of commercial registers (integration of EBR — work undertaken by EBR — 1st phase: link to EBR — 2nd phase: reflection on the possibility for partial integration of EBR into the portal Authentication of the user via the portal Commission 2009-2010 Link with work in other Council configurations Interconnection of national registers

Interconnection of registers of wills — pilot project: effective interconnection between France and Belgium — determine the possibilities for cooperation with ENWRA (CNUE) — feasibility study by the Commission JHA Council and ENWRA (CNUE) 2011-2013 Link with the future instrument on inheritances to be presented by the Commission in 2009 Interconnection of national registers

Training of legal practitioners — discussions on e-Learning under way in the EJTN — development of e-Learning tools — European Judicial Training Network 2010-2012 Exchange of best practice

— Justice Forum created by the Commission — organisation de annual meetings on e-Justice topics in the Justice Forum — Commission