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Mediation
Disputes can be solved without going to court. You can also consider an alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) techniques such as mediation if you are unable to settle the dispute by yourself.
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Legal aid
The right to legal aid allows those who do not have sufficient financial resources to meet the costs of a court case or legal representation. Legal aid systems exist in all Member States of the European Union (EU) in both civil and criminal proceedings.
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Online forms
Generate a filled in PDF form ready to send to the court/authority or download a blank, editable PDF form.
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Where and how
Going to court may give rise to many questions. This section aims to fill the information gap which might be experienced when confronted with judicial proceedings.
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Legal systems - EU and national
General information on the diverse judicial systems in EU countries.
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European Judicial Atlas in civil matters
This section of the European e-Justice Portal aims to be a one-stop-shop in the area of practical information concerning judicial cooperation in civil matters.
Family matters & inheritance
- Inheritance
- Divorce and legal separation
- Property in marriage & civil partnerships
- Parental responsibility - child custody and contact rights
- Moving/settling abroad with children
- Parental child abduction
- Family maintenance
- Cross-border placement of a child including foster family
- Children from Ukraine – civil judicial cooperation
Court procedures
- Civil cases
- Criminal cases
- Judicial auctions
- Videoconferencing
Taking legal action
- Mediation
- Legal aid
- Online forms
- European Payment Order forms
- Small claims forms
- Brussels IIa Regulation - Matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility forms
- Judgments in civil and commercial matters forms
- Legal aid forms
- Maintenance obligations forms
- European enforcement order forms
- European Account Preservation Order forms
- Compensation to crime victims forms
- Public documents forms
- European Certificate of Succession
- Mutual recognition of protection measures forms
- Where and how
- Legal systems - EU and national
- European Judicial Atlas in civil matters
- European payment order
- Small claims
- Judgments in civil and commercial matters - Brussels I Regulation
- Brussels I Regulation (recast)
- Legal aid
- Maintenance obligations
- Brussels IIa Regulation - Matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility
- Brussels IIb Regulation - Matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility (recast)
- Serving documents
- Serving documents (recast)
- Taking evidence
- Taking evidence (recast)
- European enforcement order
- Mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters
- Divorce and legal separation
- Mediation
- Succession
- European Account Preservation Order
- Compensation to crime victims
- Matters of matrimonial property regimes
- Matters of the property consequences of registered partnerships
- Public documents
Your rights
- Defendants (criminal proceedings)
- Victims of crime
- Fundamental rights
- Public documents
- Protection of vulnerable adults
- Rights of minors in court proceedings
- Access to justice in environmental matters
Legislation and case law
- EU law
- National legislation
- International law
- Publication of official announcements
- Consumer Law Database
- Country
- Enforcement
- Price Indication Directive (98/6)
- Consumer Sales and Guarantees Directive (1999/44)
- Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (2005/29)
- Misleading and Comparative Advertising Directive (2006/114)
- Timeshare Directive (2008/122)
- Injunctions Directive (2009/22)
- Consumer Rights Directive (2011/83)
- Unfair Contract Terms Directive (93/13)
- Package Travel Directive (2015/2302)
- Digital Content Directive
- Sale of goods directive
- Representative actions directive
- Repealed
- Glossaries and translations
- EU case law
- European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
- European Case Law Identifier (ECLI) search engine
- Freedom of movement and other Union citizens’ rights
- National case law
- International case law
Registers - business, insolvency & land
- Business registers – search for a company in the EU
- Business registers in EU countries
- Land registers - EU level
- Land registers in EU countries
- Bankruptcy and insolvency registers
- Beneficial ownership registers interconnection system (BORIS)
- Bankruptcy & insolvency registers - search for insolvent debtors in the EU
Trainings, judicial networks and agencies
- Training of justice professionals
- European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters
- European Judicial Network in criminal matters
- Eurojust
- European Law Institute
- EuroPris