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Regulation (EU) 2022/8502020/0345(COD)COM(2020)712LIBE

Computerised system for communication in cross-border civil and criminal proceedings (e-CODEX system)

Computerised system for communication in cross-border civil and criminal proceedings (e-CODEX system), and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1726

Stage
In force, reached 1 Jun 2022
In force
In force since 21 Jun 2022 · CELEX 32022R0850
Procedure
Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteurs
Emil Radev (EPP), Nuno Melo (EPP)
Last activity
6 Jul 2023
28 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies, 6 Jul 2023.

Show the earlier record: 16 dates, 14 Aug 2017 to 25 Mar 2022
  1. 14 Aug 2017
    • Inception impact assessment closed: Cross-border e-Justice in Europe (e-CODEX), 12 responses · Commission
  2. 3 Dec 2020
    • Adoption by Commission
  3. 4 Dec 2020
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  4. 15 Dec 2020
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
    • Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Cross-border e-Justice in Europe (e-CODEX) · Commission
  5. 18 Jan 2021
    • Plenary sitting
    • Referred to committee
  6. 29 Jan 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  7. 12 Mar 2021
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  8. 29 Apr 2021
    • Plenary sitting
  9. 14 Jun 2021
    • Committee report tabled
    • EP committee draft report
  10. 14 Oct 2021
    • Committee report adopted
  11. 18 Oct 2021
    • Plenary sitting
  12. 20 Oct 2021
    • Plenary endorsed the trilogue mandate
  13. 10 Nov 2021
    • Plenary sitting
  14. 13 Jan 2022
    • Committee approved the provisional agreement
  15. 24 Mar 2022
    • Plenary adopted first-reading position
    • Plenary vote
  16. 25 Mar 2022
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  1. 30 Mar 2022
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  2. 1 Apr 2022
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  3. 12 Apr 2022
    • Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act)
  4. 18 May 2022
    • Plenary sitting
  5. 30 May 2022
    • Signed
  6. 1 Jun 2022
    • Published in the Official Journal
  7. 6 Jun 2022
    • Plenary sitting
  8. 6 Jul 2023
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
12 people

Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

RoleNameGroupCountryCommittee
Co-rapporteurEmil RadevEPPBGJURI
Co-rapporteurNuno MeloEPPPTLIBE
Shadow rapporteurAdrián Vázquez LázaraRenewES
Shadow rapporteurAngel DzhambazkiECRBG
Shadow rapporteurClare DalyThe LeftIE
Shadow rapporteurCristian TerheşECRRO
Shadow rapporteurEmmanuel MaurelThe LeftFR
Shadow rapporteurFranco RobertiS&DIT
Shadow rapporteurGwendoline DELBOS-CORFIELDGreens/EFAFR
Shadow rapporteurIsabel SantosS&DPT
Shadow rapporteurRamona StrugariuRenewRO
Shadow rapporteurSergey LagodinskyGreens/EFADE
70 amendments

Amendments

Tabled between 16 Mar 2022 and 17 Mar 2022. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

  • CJ0369

Covers 69 of the 70 amendments.

By author

  • Adrián Vázquez Lázara1
  • Juan Fernando López Aguilar1

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed. The record names an author on 1 of the 70 amendments.

By article

  • Annex I1
  • Article 1 – paragraph 11
  • Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)1
  • Article 11 – paragraph 11
  • Article 11 – paragraph 41
  • Article 12 a (new)1
  • Article 12 – paragraph 11
  • Article 12 – paragraph 21
  • Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)1
  • Article 12 – paragraph 31
Show 20 more provisions
  • Article 12 – paragraph 41
  • Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point a1
  • Article 12 – paragraph 5 – point d1
  • Article 12 – paragraph 71
  • Article 13 – paragraph 11
  • Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d1
  • Article 15 a (new)1
  • Article 15 – paragraph 31
  • Article 2 – paragraph 11
  • Article 3 a (new)1
  • Article 3 b (new)1
  • Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b1
  • Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)1
  • Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c1
  • Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e1
  • Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)1
  • Article 4 – paragraph 31
  • Article 5 – paragraph 21
  • Article 5 – paragraph 41
  • Article 6 – paragraph 11

Covers 30 of the 70 amendments.

4 acts

Delegated and implementing acts beneath it

By status: 4 published.

ActKindStatusAdoption
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/1272Implementing · DecisionPublished
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/117Implementing · DecisionPublishedQ4 2022
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2519Implementing · DecisionPublishedQ4 2022
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2520Implementing · DecisionPublishedQ4 2022

Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.

10 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

1 consultation

Consultations on it

The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Each title opens on the Commission's portal.

ConsultationFeedback deadlineFeedback received
15 Dec 202012

Summary

Generated

This regulation establishes the e-CODEX system as a permanent, decentralized digital tool for secure data exchange in cross-border civil and criminal proceedings, upgrading it from a project to a long-term EU platform. It affects judicial authorities, legal practitioners, and citizens involved in cross-border cases. The legislation was signed in May 2022 and has been in force since June 2022.

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