Abstract
Integration in Europe has resulted in a steadily increasing number of legal procedures containing cross-border effects which require better cooperation between different national judicial systems and simpler and more efficient procedures for the users. Information and Communication technologies can help make cross-border judicial procedures more transparent, efficient and economic both in civil and criminal matters. e-CODEX is an important project of the EU in the domain of e-Justice that aims to provide to citizens, enterprises and legal professionals an easier access to justice in cross border procedures, as well as make cross-border collaboration of courts and authorities easier and more efficient. It develops the required infrastructure and the organizational, procedural and legal environment necessary and also conducts a number of real life cross-border pilots. One of the first such pilots to become operational is that of the European Payment Order (EPO) , in which Greece also participates. In this paper we briefly present the services of cross-border access of citizens and legal professionals to legal means in Europe provided by e-CODEX and also the Greek e-CODEX pilot of European Payment Order, which has already launched operation in the framework of this major e-Justice project.
Highlights
Because of the current level of integration in Europe and the resulting high mobility of European citizens, procedures and businesses, legal procedures containing cross-border requirements are steadily increasing
It can facilitate access to justice for citizens, companies, administrations and legal practitioners. This results in both smoother access to information and the ability to process cross-border cases more efficiently
Projects of the EU designed to provide to European citizens, companies and legal professionals with easier access to cross-border proceedings, improve cross-border collaboration between the courts and agencies and improve efficiency through interoperability between the existing national ICT solutions[5]
Summary
Because of the current level of integration in Europe and the resulting high mobility of European citizens, procedures and businesses, legal procedures containing cross-border requirements are steadily increasing. It can facilitate access to justice for citizens, companies, administrations and legal practitioners This results in both smoother access to information and the ability to process cross-border cases more efficiently. E-Justice aims to improve access to justice and to facilitate cross border judicial proceedings through the use of information and communication technology and EU-wide interoperability. Projects of the EU designed to provide to European citizens, companies and legal professionals with easier access to cross-border proceedings, improve cross-border collaboration between the courts and agencies and improve efficiency through interoperability between the existing national ICT solutions[5]. The main objective of e-CODEX is to enable access to justice systems across Europe and provide an easier (digital) way to execute cross-border proceedings and exchange legal information between EU-countries, replacing bureaucratic paperwork, regardless of any differences between the EU countries. Interoperability for European Civil proceedings online, Conference, http://www.irsig.cnr.it/BIEPCO/documents/case_studies/EuropeanSmallClaim_Mellone.pdf, Retrieved May 23, 2014
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