The Italian judicial network is based at the Italian Ministry of Justice, in the Office for International Judicial Cooperation in the Department of Judicial Affairs of the Directorate-General for International Affairs and Judicial Cooperation - CIVIL SECTOR (Ministero della Giustizia – Dipartimento per gli Affari di Giustizia – Direzione Generale degli Affari internazionali e della Cooperazione Giudiziaria – Ufficio I Cooperazione Giudiziaria Internazionale - SETTORE CIVILE).
There are currently four contact points, two at the Ministry of Justice: a coordinating magistrate and an administrative director; one at the Court of Rome (Tribunale di Roma), one at the Court of Novara (Tribunale di Novara) and two at the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Cassation (Procura generale presso la Corte di Cassazione).
The contact points are in constant contact with other members of the Network, with whom they collaborate in processing requests for cooperation or in preparing practical information sheets to publish on the e-Justice Portal.
The other members of the Italian network are:
- Department of Juvenile and Community Justice (Dipartimento per la giustizia minorile e di comunità)
- Directorate-General for Automated Information Systems (Direzione generale per i sistemi informativi automatizzati) (contact point for the e-Justice Portal)
- the central authority for the service of judicial documents
- the National Bar Council (Consiglio Nationale Forense) and
- the Italian Council of Notaries (Consiglio Italiano del Notariato).
The contact points for the EJN also have links with:
- the Judicial College (Scuola Superiore della Magistratura)
- the Italian branch of the European Consumer Centres Network (ECC Net)
- the Internal Market Information System (IMI) structure in Italy and
- the Aldricus portal.
As a rule, the Italian members of the EJN meet once a year.
The contact points provide assistance to courts and law officers dealing with cross-border issues.
All publications sent by the Commission (brochures, information summaries, etc.) are distributed to the courts, law officers and the parties concerned.
On occasion, the contact points receive delegations from other Member States visiting Italy as part of their judicial training.
Reference is made to the network on the Ministry of Justice’s website: https://www.giustizia.it/giustizia/it/mg_2_1_2_1.wp?previsiousPage=mg_14_7
List of authorities dealing with the regulations most relevant to judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters:
- Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 of 28 May 2001;
- Directive 8/2003 on legal aid.
In both cases, the central authority in Italy is:
Ministry of Justice
Department of Judicial Affairs (Dipartimento Affari di Giustizia)
Directorate-General for International Affairs and Judicial Cooperation (Direzione Generale degli Affari internazionali e della Cooperazione Giudiziaria) - Office I - civil sector (International Judicial Cooperation (Cooperazione Giudiziaria Internazionale))
Via Arenula, 70
00186 Rome
Telephone: Tel. +39 06 68852633, +39 06 68852180
Email: cooperation.dginternazionale@giustizia.it
- Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on the service of documents:
The central authority in Italy is:
Single Office of Bailiffs at the Court of Appeal of Rome (Ufficio Unico degli Ufficiali Giudiziari presso la Corte d’Appello di Roma)
Viale Giulio Cesare, 52
00192 Rome
Telephone: +39 06 328361
Fax: +39 06 328367933
- Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 (‘Brussels IIa’ or ‘Brussels II bis’)
- Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 of 18 December 2008 (maintenance obligations)
The central authority in Italy is:
Ministry of Justice
Department of Juvenile and Community Justice (Dipartimento per la giustizia minorile e di comunità)
Via Damiano Chiesa, 24
00136 Rome
Telephone: +39 06 68188 535/331/326
Fax: +39 06 68808085