6 Amendments of Armando FRANÇA related to 2008/0122(COD)
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint b – subpoint i
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint b – subpoint i
Decision 2001/470/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
'Where a Member State designates several contact points, it shall designate a main contact point among them and shall ensure that appropriate coordination mechanisms apply between them. The person designated as sole contact point or as main contact point of a Member State shall perform only the contact point functions provided for in this Decision to the exclusion of any other functions, in particular those referred to in paragraph 1(b), (c), (d) and (e).'
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint c
Article 1 – point 1 – subpoint c
Decision 2001/470/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
'3. The Member States shall identify the authorities referred to in points (b), (c) and (ec) of paragraph 1. For the purposes of point 1(e), where there is more than one association representing a legal profession in a Member State, it shall be the responsibility of that Member State to provide for appropriate representation of that profession on the Network.'
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint b a (new)
Article 1 – point 2 – subpoint b a (new)
Decision 2001/470/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(ba) point (c) is replaced by the following: '(c) the establishment, maintenance and promotion of an information system for the public on judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters in the European Union, relevant Community and international instruments and the domestic law of the Member States, with particular reference to access to justice. The main source of information is the Network's website. The information provided on the website must be regularly updated and respect the principle of multilingualism.'
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Article 1 – point 5
Article 1 – point 5
Decision 2001/470/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The contact points shall respond to all requests on matters concerning judicial cooperation submitted to them without delay and at the latest within tfifteen days of receipt thereof. If a contact point cannot reply to a request within tfifteen days of receipt thereof, it shall inform the requester briefly of this fact, indicating how long it considers it will need to reply.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Decision 2001/470/EC
Article 11 a – paragraph 2
Article 11 a – paragraph 2
2. The accession countries and candidate countries may be invited to attend these meetings as observers. Third countries that are party to the Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters signed at Lugano on 30 October 2007 may alsinternational instruments on judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters concluded by the European Community may also be invited to attend certain Network meetings as observers.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Article 1 – point 11
Article 1 – point 11
Decision 2001/470/EC
Article 13 a
Article 13 a
1. The Network's contact points shall gradually be made more accessible to the publiccontribute towards providing the public with general information, using the most appropriate technological facilities to inform it about the content and application of Community or international instruments on judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters and, where necessary, to direct it to the authorities responsible for their actual application, in particular those referred to in Article 6. 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, measures shall be taken to promote public awareness of the Network's website, and its updating shall be ensured through the provision of relevant information on a regular basis.'