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

PURPOSE : to extend the GROTIUS programme to 2001. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Council Regulation 29/2001/EC extending the programme of incentives and exchanges for legal practioners in the area of civil law (Grotius civil). CONTENT : this Regulation extends the Grotius programme established by Joint Action 96/636/JHA to cover the year 2001. This programme of incentives and exchanges for legal practioners in the area of civil law (Grotius-Civil) seeks to foster mutual knowledge of legal and judicial systems and to facilitate judicial cooperation between Member States in the area of civil law. The programme shall comprise the following: - training; - exchange and work-experience programmes; - organisation of meetings; - studies and research; - distribution of information. The financial reference amount for the implementation of the programme in 2001 is set at EUR 650 000. All types of expenditure which are directly chargeable to the implementation of the project and which have been committed within a contractually agreed period shall be eligible. The proportion of financial support from the general budget of the European Union shall not exceed 80% of the cost of the project. All the Member States shall be involved in the programme with the exception of Denmark. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the programme at the end of the financial year 2001. ENTRY INTO FORCE : 14.02.2001.�