Civil and commercial judicial cooperation: transmission and service of documents between the Member States, Brussels and The Hague conventions

The Commission's amended proposal takes into account the European Parliament's amendments. Hence, the term "directive" has been replaced by the term "regulation" in the body of the text, in order to satisfy the Parliament's amendments which stipulates that the regulation, unlike a directive, has the advantage of ensuring rapid, clear and homogeneous implementation of the Community text - the objective of the proposal. With the exception of this amendment, which refers to the legal form of the instrument, overall, the proposed amendments are of a technical nature. The Commission accepted the amendments for the most part, partially or in their entirety.�