Judicial cooperation: extension of the exchange programme for legal practitioners, Grotius-civil, for 2001

Following the conclusions of the Committee of Permanent Representatives, a new version of the proposal to renew the GROTIUS Civil programme has been proposed. Essentially, this new version keeps the same contents as was in the previous proposal. However, some changes have been made to the initial text which aims to reinstate this proposal in the framework of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice constitution and on the basis of article 67 of the Treaty, in addition to article 31, point c). The new version of the Regulation nevertheless limits the scope of certain questions on judicial cooperation and on civil matters, by specifying and setting the objectives and the aims of the initial programme once again. Provisions are also made on the implementation of the programme and on comitology. The financial reference amount of EUR 650 000 for 2001 has not been modified. It should also be noted that the new version of the text specifies that the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark will not participate in the adoption of this proposal.�