Publications

EJN Documents

Challenges in adoption procedures in Europe: Ensuring the best interests of the child - NEW - June 2011 (PDF File 5 MB)

Citizens' guide to cross-border civil litigation in the European Union (PDF File 800 KB)

Practical guide on using videoconferencing to obtain evidence in civil and commercial matters (PDF File 1 MB)

Practice guide for the application of the Regulation on the European Enforcement Order - December 2008 (PDF File 1 MB)

Civil law at your fingertips - May 2006 A guide for legal practitioners (PDF File 11 MB)

Judicial cooperation in civil matters in the European Union - May 2006 A guide for legal practitioners (PDF File 5,5 MB)

Practice guide for the application of the Regulation on the Taking of Evidence - March 2006 (PDF File 300 KB)

Practice Guide for the application of the new Brussels II Regulation - October 2005 (PDF File 2 MB)

Studies

2009

Compendium of Community Legislation on Judicial Cooperation in Civil and Commercial Matters (PDF File 9 MB)

Comparative study on adoption procedures in the Member States of the European Union, practical difficulties encountered in this area by European citizens in the context of a European area of justice in civil matters, and options available for resolving such difficulties and protecting children’s rights.

Summary (PDF File 32 KB)

Synthesis report (PDF File 715 KB)

Legal analysis (PDF File 1,8 MB)

Annexes (PDF File 1,8 MB)

Statistics-comments (PDF File 1,1 MB)

Study on European Payment Order

Final Report (PDF File 900 KB)

ROME II Study on compensation of cross-border victims in the EU

Final Report (PDF File 2,5 MB)

 

2008

Study on the application of Directive 2004/80/EC relating to compensation to crime victims.

Final Report (PDF 850 KB)

Synthesis Report (PDF 3,5 MB)

Comparative study on the legislation of the Member States of the European Union on civil status, practical difficulties encountered in this area by citizens wishing to exercise their rights in the context of a European area of justice in civil matters and the options available for resolving these problems and facilitating citizens' lives.

Final Report (PDF 2,26 MB)

Synthesis Report (PDF 789 KB)

Executive summary (PDF 97 KB)

 

2007

Comparative study on enforcement procedures of family rights

Synthesis Report (PDF 1,16 MB)

Executive summary (PDF 33 KB)

National reports:

Belgium (PDF File 88 KB)	Czech Republic (PDF File 415 KB)
Denmark (PDF File 54 KB)	Germany (PDF File 184 KB)
Estonia (PDF File 124 KB)	Ireland (PDF File 83 KB)
Greece (PDF File 124 KB)	Spain (PDF File 153 KB)
France (PDF File 390 KB)	Italy (PDF File 567 KB)
Cyprus (PDF File 138 KB)	Latvia (PDF File 230 KB)
Lithuania (PDF File 89 KB)	Luxembourg (PDF File 408 KB)
Hungary (PDF File 219 KB)	Malta (PDF File 163 KB)
Netherlands (PDF File 165 KB)	Austria (PDF File 177 KB)
Poland (PDF File 171 KB)	Portugal (PDF File 85 KB)
Slovenia (PDF File 411 KB)	Slovakia (PDF File 488 KB)
Finland (PDF File 152 KB)	Sweden (PDF File 182 KB)
United Kingdom - Part A: England (PDF File 142 KB)	United Kingdom - Part B: Northern Ireland (PDF File 70 KB)

The Transparency of Costs of Civil Judicial Proceedings in the European Union

Final Report (PDF 3,9 MB)

Annex 1: Results of the public questionnaire (PDF 1,7 MB)

National reports:

Belgium (PDF File 829 KB)	Bulgaria (PDF File 566 KB)
Czech Republic (PDF File 703 KB)	Denmark (PDF File 560 KB)
Germany (PDF File 565 KB)	Estonia (PDF File 872 KB)
Ireland (PDF File 400 KB)	Greece (PDF File 849 KB)
Spain (PDF File 640 KB)	France (PDF File 1,3 MB)
Italy (PDF File 772 KB)	Cyprus (PDF File 555 KB)
Latvia (PDF File 742 KB)	Lithuania (PDF File 950 KB)
Luxembourg (PDF File 551 KB)	Hungary (PDF File 533 KB)
Malta (PDF File 742 KB)	Netherlands (PDF File 702 KB)
Austria (PDF File 829 KB)	Poland (PDF File 396 KB)
Portugal (PDF File 781 KB)	Romania (PDF File 544 KB)
Slovenia (PDF File 723 KB)	Slovakia (PDF File 872 KB)
Finland (PDF File 504 KB)	Sweden (PDF File 457 KB)
United Kingdom (PDF File 448 KB)

The use of public documents in the EU

Synthesis Report (PDF 2,4 MB)

Executive summary (PDF 219 KB)

Table of bi- and multilateral agreements (DOC 5 MB)

National reports:

Belgium (PDF File 565 KB)	Czech Republic (PDF File 204 KB)
Germany (PDF File 283 KB)	Estonia (PDF File 191 KB)
Ireland (PDF File 275 KB)	Greece (PDF File 265 KB)
Spain (PDF File 276 KB)	France (PDF File 190 KB)
Italy (PDF File 115 KB)	Cyprus (PDF File 113 KB)
Latvia (PDF File 289 KB)	Lithuania (PDF File 257 KB)
Luxembourg (PDF File 183 KB)	Hungary (PDF File 307 KB)
Malta (PDF File 151 KB)	Netherlands (PDF File 197 KB)
Austria (PDF File 180 KB)	Poland (PDF File 269 KB)
Portugal (PDF File 227 KB)	Slovenia (PDF File 291 KB)
Slovakia (PDF File 216 KB)	Finland (PDF File 123 KB)
Sweden (PDF File 186 KB)	United Kingdom (PDF File 340 KB)

Report on the Application of Regulation Brussels I in the Member States

Report on the Application of Regulation Brussels I in the Member States (PDF File 1.383 KB)

• Compilation of National reports:
  • Introduction (PDF File 34 KB)
  • Questionnaire 1 (PDF File 230 KB)
  • Questionnaire 2 (PDF File 491 KB)
  • Questionnaire 3 (PDF File 4 MB)

Belgium (PDF File 145 KB)	Czech Republic (PDF File 244 KB)
Germany (PDF File 734 KB)	Estonia (PDF File 158 KB)
Ireland (PDF File 234 KB)	Greece (PDF File 232 KB)
Spain (PDF File 253 KB)	France (PDF File 254 KB)
Italy (PDF File 214 KB)	Cyprus (PDF File 121 KB)
Latvia (PDF File 186 KB)	Lithuania (PDF File 115 KB)
Luxembourg (PDF File 188 KB)	Hungary (PDF File 249 KB)
Malta (PDF File 146 KB)	Netherlands (PDF File 235 KB)
Austria (PDF File 642 KB)	Poland (PDF File 316 KB)
Portugal (PDF File 476 KB)	Slovenia (PDF File 266 KB)
Slovakia (PDF File 130 KB)	Finland (PDF File 148 KB)
Sweden (PDF File 38 KB)	England (PDF File 1270 KB)
Scotland (PDF File 190 KB)

Study on Residual Jurisdiction

Study on Residual Jurisdiction (PDF File 681 KB)

National Reports:

Belgium (PDF File 168 KB)	Bulgaria (PDF File 151 KB)
Czech Republic (PDF File 204 KB)	Denmark (PDF File 101 KB)
Germany (PDF File 165 KB)	Estonia (PDF File 104 KB)
Ireland (PDF File 183 KB)	Greece (PDF File 163 KB)
Spain (PDF File 146 KB)	France (PDF File 235 KB)
Italy (PDF File 122 KB)	Cyprus (PDF File 113 KB)
Latvia (PDF File 155 KB)	Lithuania (PDF File 234 KB)
Luxembourg (PDF File 129 KB)	Hungary (PDF File 265 KB)
Malta (PDF File 108 KB)	Netherlands (PDF File 197 KB)
Austria (PDF File 186 KB)	Poland (PDF File 173 KB)
Portugal (PDF File 186 KB)	Romania (PDF File 131 KB)
Slovenia (PDF File 222 KB)	Slovakia (PDF File 147 KB)
Finland (PDF File 123 KB)	Sweden (PDF File 127 KB)
England (PDF File 158 KB)	Scotland (PDF File 186 KB)

Study on the application of Council Regulation (EC) N°1206/2001, on cooperation between the courts of the Member states in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matter

Study on the application of Council Regulation (EC) N°1206/2001, on cooperation between the courts of the Member states in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matter (PDF File 897 KB)
Annex I - Full answers received (PDF File 502 KB)
Annex III - Questionnaires (PDF File 546 KB)

 

2006

Study to inform a subsequent Impact Assessment on the Commission proposal on jurisdiction and applicable law in divorce matters

Study to inform a subsequent Impact Assessment on the Commission proposal on jurisdiction and applicable law in divorce matters (PDF File 1.4 MB)

 

2005

Study: "L'indemnisation des citoyens et des résidents permanents européens victimes de la criminalité ou du terrorisme en dehors du territoire de l'Union européenne"

April 2005 - Study: "L'indemnisation des citoyens et des résidents permanents européens victimes de la criminalité ou du terrorisme en dehors du territoire de l'Union européenne"
Foreword, summary and introduction (PDF File 359 KB)
Volume I (parts I to IV) (PDF File 1 MB)
Volume II (annexes) (PDF File 1 MB)

 

2004

Study on the Application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters

Study on the Application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (PDF File 2 MB)

Study on making more efficient the enforcement of judicial decisions within the European Union

Study on making more efficient the enforcement of judicial decisions within the European Union: transparency of a debtor's assets, provisional enforcement and protective measures, attachment of bank accounts (PDF File 587 KB)

Synopsis (annexes to the study)

• The transparency of a debtor's assets on the basis of an enforceable title (PDF File 57 KB)

• The transparency of a debtor's assets before obtaining an enforceable title (PDF File 87 KB)

• The transparency of the debtor's address (PDF File 50 KB)

• Garnishment 1 (PDF File 57 KB)

• Garnishment 2 (PDF File 103 KB)

• Provisional Enforcement (PDF File 77 KB)

• Provisional Measures:

  1. Classification and the trans-border context (PDF File 83 KB)

  2. Securing the enforcement of judgment (attachment/freezing injunctions) (PDF File 107 KB)

  3. Temporary injunctions (measures maintaining the status quo pending determination of the issues at trial) (PDF File 56 KB)

  4. Provisional measures allowing the satisfaction of the claim (interim payment/interim performance) (PDF File 60 KB)

 

2003

Comparative study on the recovery of maintenance claims in the Member States

Comparative study on the recovery of maintenance claims in the Member States (PDF File 1,5 MB)

Study in comparative law on the rules governing conflicts of jurisdiction and laws on matrimonial property regimes and the implementions for property issues of the separation of unmarried couples in the Member States

Study in comparative law on the rules governing conflicts of jurisdiction and laws on matrimonial property regimes and the implementions for property issues of the separation of unmarried couples in the Member States (PDF File 3,5 MB)

National reports

Austria	Report (PDF File 272 KB)	Addendum (PDF File 535 KB)
Belgium	Report (PDF File 49 MB)
Denmark	Report (PDF File 5,7 MB)	Addendum (PDF File 132 KB)
Finland	Report (PDF File 401 KB)	Addendum (PDF File 165KB)
France	Report (PDF File 14 MB)	Addendum (PDF File 67 KB)
Germany	Report (PDF File 418 KB)	Addendum (PDF File 296 KB)
Greece	Report (PDF File 137 KB)
Ireland	Report (PDF File 209 KB)	Addendum (PDF File 367 KB)
Italy	Report ( (PDF File 58,5 MB)
Luxembourg	Report (PDF File 4,5 MB)
Portugal	Report (PDF File 15,7 MB)	Addendum (PDF File 188 KB)
Spain	Report (PDF File 115 KB)	Addendum (PDF File 181 KB)
Sweden	Report (PDF File 11,8 MB)	Addendum (PDF File 231 KB)
The Netherlands	Report (PDF File 634 KB)	Addendum (PDF File 265 KB)
UK England	Report (PDF File 138 KB)	Addendum (PDF File 336 KB)
UK Scotland	Report (PDF File 33,2 KB)

 

2002

Practical Problems Resulting from the Non-Harmonization of Choice of Law Rules in Divorce Matters

Practical Problems Resulting from the Non-Harmonization of Choice of Law Rules in Divorce Matters (PDF File 422 KB)

Les modes de signification et notification des actes

Les modes de signification et notification des actes (PDF File 436 KB)

Etude de droit comparé sur les règles de conflits de juridictions et de conflits de lois relatives aux testaments et successions dans les Etats membres de l'Union Européenne

Full text: (PDF File 729 KB)
Executive summary: (PDF File 128 KB)

National Reports

Belgium (PDF File 288 KB)	Denmark (PDF File 229 KB)
Germany (PDF File 361 KB)	Ireland (PDF File 239 KB)
Greece (PDF File 327 KB)	Spain (PDF File 652 KB)
France (PDF File 279 KB)	Italy (PDF File 301 KB)
Luxembourg (PDF File 293 KB)	Netherlands (PDF File 273 KB)
Austria (PDF File 527 KB)	Portugal (PDF File 388 KB)
Finland (PDF File 249 KB)	Sweden (PDF File 283 KB)
United Kingdom (PDF File 282 KB)

 

2001

Des procédures de traitement judiciaire des demandes de faible importance ou non contestées dans les droits des Etats-membres de l'Union européenne

Des procédures de traitement judiciaire des demandes de faible importance ou non contestées dans les droits des Etats-membres de l'Union européenne (PDF File 563 KB)

 

1995

The valued added by a European Union instrument on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in matrimonial causes in the light of existing conventions

Introduction (PDF File 56 KB)
Chapiter 1 (PDF File 1 MB)
Chapiter 2 (PDF File 1,5 MB)
Chapiter 3 (PDF File 1,2 MB)
ANNEXES - (PDF File 9,6 MB)