Brief considerations on Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 25 of November of 2020, on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters

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Keywords

European Private International Law; Regulation (EU) 2020/1783; taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters; digital system; videoconferencing; e-Codex platform.
 

Abstract

This article intends to analyse, albeit briefly, Regulation (EU) no 2020/1783 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 25 of November 2020, on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the field of taking evidence in civil or commercial matters, focusing, particularly, on the innovations that appear in this reformulated Regulation. In order to provide some basis for “interpretation” of the aforementioned Regulation, namely its amendments, we will address the following topics, after a short introduction: the background of the Regulation; the main provisions of the Regulation, with special focus on its innovations; the e-Codex platform (e-Justice Communication via Online Data Exchange), making, in the end, some conclusions about the modifications introduced in that instrument.