The European Lawyers Foundation (ELF) is assisting the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) in the e-CODEX project, a large-scale e-Justice project funded by the European Commission and led by a consortium composed mainly of Member States (see more detail below). The goal of e-CODEX is to “improve the cross-border access of citizens and businesses to legal means in Europe as well as to improve the interoperability between legal authorities within the EU.” e-CODEX aims are:
- Contributing to the implementation of the EU legal framework and the e-Justice action plan, with due respect to subsidiarity
- Achieving interoperability between existing national judicial systems
- Enabling all Member States to work together towards a more effective judicial system in Europe
- Improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the processing of the increasing number of cross-border proceedings, especially in civil, criminal and commercial matters
- Contributing to a safer environment for citizens inside the EU
- Modernizing the judicial systems in Europe
- Increasing collaboration and exchange between judicial systems of the Member States
- e-CODEX at a glance
| Project | e-Justice Communication via Online Data EXchange |
| Participants | Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Jersey, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, CCBE and CNUE |
| Duration | 50 months (December 2010 – February 2015) |
| Costs | Total cost: €24m EU contribution: €12m |
| Programme | e-CODEX is funded through the ICT Policy Support Programme under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) |
| Details | Project reference: 270968 |
For more information you can visit the project’s website
