# Decision No 1149/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 September 2007 establishing for the period 2007-2013 the Specific Programme ‘Civil Justice’ as part of the General Programme ‘Fundamental Rights and Justice’, Article 3: Specific objectives

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The Programme shall have the following specific objectives:
(a) to foster judicial cooperation in civil matters aiming at:
(i) ensuring legal certainty and improving access to justice;
(ii) promoting mutual recognition of decisions in civil and commercial cases;
(iii) eliminating obstacles to cross-border litigation created by disparities in civil law and civil procedures and promoting the necessary compatibility of legislation for that purpose;
(iv) guaranteeing a proper administration of justice by avoiding conflicts of jurisdiction;
(b) to improve mutual knowledge of Member States’ legal and judicial systems in civil matters and to promote and strengthen networking, mutual cooperation, exchange and dissemination of information, experience and best practices;
(c) to ensure the sound implementation, the correct and concrete application and the evaluation of Community instruments in the area of judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters;
(d) to improve information on the legal systems in the Member States and access to justice;
(e) to promote the training of legal practitioners in Union and Community law;
(f) to evaluate the general conditions necessary to reinforce mutual confidence, while fully respecting the independence of the judiciary;
(g) to facilitate the operation of the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters established by Council Decision 2001/470/EC.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/1149/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-1149/article-3
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