Procedure
Improving access to justice: legal aid in cross-border civil and commercial disputes
Subjects: Social and economic rights · Consumers' economic and legal interests · Judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): ZWIEFKA Tadeusz (PPE)
Summary
The dossier addresses improving access to justice through legal aid in cross-border civil and commercial disputes. Amendments reference Directive 2003/8/EC and its shortcomings, the European Small Claims Procedure and Order for Payment Procedure, information campaigns, the e-Justice portal and European Judicial Atlas, databases of multilingual lawyers, economic criteria and thresholds for granting legal aid, training for legal practitioners, and attention to vulnerable groups.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled28 Feb 2013 – 9 Apr 2013
- Procedure completed
46
Amendments
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8
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committees
28 Feb 2013 – 9 Apr 2013
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
8 Members · by amendment count1
Philippe BOULLAND
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇷 France
14(14 solo)
2María IRIGOYEN PÉREZ
Socialists & Democrats · 🇪🇸 Spain
8(8 solo)
3Rebecca TAYLOR
ALDE · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
8(7 solo)
4Hans-Peter MAYER
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
7(7 solo)
5Robert ROCHEFORT
ALDE · 🇫🇷 France
5(5 solo)
6Tadeusz ZWIEFKA
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇵🇱 Poland
3(3 solo)
7Sylvana RAPTI
Socialists & Democrats · 🇬🇷 Greece
1(1 solo)
8Alexandra THEIN
ALDE · 🇩🇪 Germany
1
The amendments, in full text
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