Judicial cooperation: taking of evidence in civil and commercial matters. Initiative Germany

The European Parliament voted by 475 to 13 with 20 abstentions to approve the report by Luis MARINHO (PES, P) on an initiative by Germany for the adoption of a Council Regulation on co-operation between Courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil and commercial cases. Parliament gives its full backing to the German initiative which seeks to lay down uniform rules on how the courts should proceed in cases where a court of a Member States requests the competent court of another Member State to obtain evidence or perform judicial acts. (Please refer to the previous text).�