On 8 November 2016 the Committee on Legal Affairs will hold a Workshop on ‘Recasting the Brussels IIa Regulation’. Brussels IIa Regulation, which applies since 2005 in all EU Member States except Denmark, is the cornerstone of EU judicial cooperation in matrimonial and parental responsibility matters.
Despite its undoubted success, the regulation has raised concerns among citizens, practitioners and academics during the past ten years of its application. As a result, the European Commission submitted a proposal to recast Regulation 2201/2003 on jurisdiction, the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, and on international child abduction on 30 June 2016.
Against this background, the workshop will bring together Members of the European Parliament and a number of experts, practitioners and academics with a view to assessing the proposed amendments to the text and prepare the EP position, focusing on the main changes proposed by the Commission.
The workshop is organised by DG IPOL's Policy Department C from 15:00 to 18:30 in Paul-Henri Spaak, room PHS 5B001, European Parliament, Brussels.
Against this background, the workshop will bring together Members of the European Parliament and a number of experts, practitioners and academics with a view to assessing the proposed amendments to the text and prepare the EP position, focusing on the main changes proposed by the Commission.
The workshop is organised by DG IPOL's Policy Department C from 15:00 to 18:30 in Paul-Henri Spaak, room PHS 5B001, European Parliament, Brussels.
Location : PHS 5B001
Draft programme
Background documents
Compilation of briefings for the JURI Committee
Compilation of presentations
Recording
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