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A brief overview of the legal regulation of mediation in some EU jurisdictions The Mediation Directive (2008/52/EC) was enacted in the context of the EU cooperation on civil and judicial matters. Its aim is to set forth a common framework for mediation in cross-border litigation, in order to reduc... [Read All]

PRACTICAL GUIDANCE for Advocates before the Court of Justice in Preliminary Reference Cases This practical guidance is addressed principally to those appearing for the first time in the Court of Justice of the EU. They have been drafted by the Permanent Delegation to the Court of Justice... [Read All]

CCBE Position on the proposed data protection reform package COM(2012) 11 and COM(2012) 10 The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) is the representative organisation of around 1 million European lawyers through its member bars and law societies from 31 full member countries, and 1... [Read All]

European Commission Press release Brussels, 25 October 2012  Media and content digitization benefits consumers, but revenues lag behind Digital spending - the acquisition of media products in digital format - tripled from 2006 to 2010 worldwide, with the recording music s... [Read All]

Brussels, 28 September 2012 Asylum and migration: EU must do more to protect unaccompanied children Every year thousands of unaccompanied minors travel to Europe seeking a new life. The majority has fled from wars, conflicts or other difficult living conditions and some have even lost family membe... [Read All]

Mediation and over-indebtedness in Italy (1) In 2005, in Italy, a reform of the insolvency procedures started out, which reached an ubi consistam in August 2010. Among the main innovations there was the introduction of spaces of negotiation between debtor and creditors, extensive in the debt restru... [Read All]

  As it was before, the “composition with creditors” (art. 160, Italian Bankruptcy Act) helped too little the insolvent entrpreneurs. Not to mention the “restructuring agreements” (art. 182bis, I.B.A.). The tools provided by the legislator between 2005 and 2006, were am... [Read All]

CCBE POSITION PAPER ON THE PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION ON A COMMON EUROPEAN SALES LAW The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) is the representative organisation of around 1 million European lawyers through its member bars and law societies from 31 full member countries, and 11 further... [Read All]

    PRESS RELEASE EDPS/12/12 Brussels, Wednesday 05 September 2012 EURODAC: erosion of fundamental rights creeps along Today, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted his opinion on the amended Commission proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the C... [Read All]

  European Commission Press release Brussels, 31 July 2012   Antitrust: Commission sends supplementary statement of objections to Visa The European Commission has informed Visa of additional concerns about possible violations of EU antitrust rules concerning multil... [Read All]