The Brussels I-Regulation (EC) No 44/2001: The Heidelberg Report on the Application of Regulation Brussels I in 25 Member States (Study JLS.C4/2005/03)

As of 1st March 2003, the Brussels I- Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22nd December 2001 on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Judgment Regulation) has become the cornerstone of the European civil procedural law. The Regulation is directly applicable in all Member States; it forms the residual instrument for cross-border civil procedures in the European Union.
The Report made by the well-known German professors of law Hess and Pfeiffer, both from Heidelberg University, and Schlosser, professor emeritus of Munich University, provides for a comprehensive analysis of the application of the Judgment
Regulation in the Member States, based on interviews, statistics and practical research in the files of the national courts. The reporters conclude not to suggest any fundamental amendment of the Regulation, but to consider several improvements, especially with regard to the general function of the Regulation as the residual instrument of European Procedural Law.
The Report helps both practitioners and scholars to learn about the impact the Judgment Regulation has had on the procedural practice in the European Member States.
- Overview:
- A) Summary
- B) Introduction
- C) Statistical Data on the Application of the Judgment Regulation
- D) Report on the Application of the Judgment Regulation in the Member States
- E) Overview Policy Recommendations
Academic community, practicing lawyers, judiciary, public authorities.