Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1253 of 22 July 2019 on a pilot project to implement the administrative cooperation provisions set out in Council Decision 2001/470/EC establishing a European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters by means of the Internal Market Information System

• CELEX: Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1253
• Articles: 7

Article 1 The pilot project

Article 5(2)(b) to (e) and Article 8 of Decision 2001/470/EC shall be subject to a pilot project to assess whether the Internal Market Information System (‘IMI’) would be an effective tool to implement administrative cooperation provisions set out in those articles.

Article 2 Competent authorities

For the purposes of the pilot project, the contact points referred to in Article 2(1)(a) of Decision 2001/470/EC shall be considered as competent authorities.

For the purposes of this Decision, the term ‘Member State’ shall mean all Member States with the exception of Denmark.

Article 3 Administrative cooperation between competent authorities

For the purposes of cooperation detailed in Article 5(2)(b) to (e) and Article 8 of Decision 2001/470/EC, IMI shall provide the following basic technical functionality:

(a)

sending request for information needed for sound cooperation;

(b)

responding to requests;

(c)

facilitating the coordination of the processing of requests for cooperation in the relevant Member State.

Article 4 Role of the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters

The Commission shall consult the European Judicial Network on the following:

(a)

the Union instruments relating to cooperation in civil and commercial matters, regarding which information is exchanged in the pilot project;

(b)

the structure and categories of data to be exchanged in the pilot project;

(c)

the forms to be implemented in IMI for the requests for information and the corresponding replies;

(d)

the evaluation of the pilot project prior to its submission to the European Parliament and the Council.

Article 5 Sharing of statistics

The Commission shall provide to the European Judicial Network statistics and information on the usage of IMI and the functioning of the pilot project for the purposes of this Decision.

Article 6 Evaluation

The evaluation of the outcome of the pilot project referred to in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 shall be submitted to the European Parliament and the Council by 30 June 2023.

Article 7 Entry into force

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .