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COOPERATION BETWEEN COURTS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS IN CIVIL MATTERS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Author(s): Vladimir Čolović
Subject(s): Civil Law, International Law, EU-Legislation, Comparative Law
Published by: Institut za uporedno pravo
Keywords: Judicial Cooperation; Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments; European Union Legal Framework; Civil and Commercial Matters; Cross-border Legal Assistance
Summary/Abstract: By the Treaty establishing the European Union 1992nd in Maastricht, the member countries established the European Union and thus, also, designated a new stage in the process of integration by establishing a closer union of the people all of Europe, where decisions are made as close as possible to the citizens. This agreement was set objectives of economic and monetary union, single currency, common foreign and security policy, common defense policy, the EU citizenship, close cooperation in justice and internal affairs. The most interesting is that this contract allowed the intensification of cooperation between countries that are established in the Union harmonize rules of civil court proceedings. Chapter IV of this Agreement judicial cooperation in civil matters put in a domain so called. third pillar EU – cooperation in the field of justice and home affairs, and this cooperation has had an intergovernmental character, which means that the implied conclusion of international conventions to regulate certain areas of cooperation. By the Treaty of Amsterdam of 10 November 1997th year, judicial cooperation in civil matters has been moved to so called. the first pillar of the Union. The Amsterdam Treaty contains some extensions of the Treaty on European Union and as such does not replace other contracts, but equally into the legislation of the Union. Treaty of Nice is the result of the latest intergovernmental conference that started in February 2000 and ended in December the same year. At the conference discussed the composition and activities of the institutions of the Union after enlargement, ie. receiving the first member of the candidate countries ready for full membership. Upon entry into force of the Treaty of Nice and expand to new members has changed the composition and mode of action of the European Parliament, Council of the European Union, European Commission, the Court of European Communities, the European Court of auditing, the Economic and Social Council and the Committee of Regions.

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