02 Description and programme ENG

Carretera de Vallvidrera, 43-45
Tel. +34 93 406 73 00
BARCELONA 08017
Red Europea de Formación Judicial (REFJ)
European Judicial Training Network (EJTN)
Réseau Européen de Formation Judiciaire (REFJ)
VIRTUAL COURSE:
A SYSTEMATIC STUDY ON THE
EUROPEAN JUDICIAL AREA
IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS
1. COURSE DESCRIPTION
This virtual course analyses the current state of construction and future prospects of
the European Judicial Area in relation to civil and commercial matters.
The first module aims to provide an overview of the European Judicial Area,
analysing its background and evolution, the tools for improving judicial assistance in
this matter, the communitisation of Private International Law, and the free movement
of judgments and the principle of mutual recognition.
The following modules provide a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the legal
instruments approved in the European Judicial Area in relation to civil matters:
a. Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition
and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters.
b. Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 on jurisdiction and the
recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and in
matters of parental responsibility.
c. Council Regulation (EC) No 805/2004 creating a European
Enforcement Order for uncontested claims.
d. Council Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 of 11 July 2007 on the law
applicable to non-contractual obligations "Rome II").
e. Council Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 creating a European order for
payment procedure.
f. Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of 11 July 2007 establishing a
European Small Claims Procedure.
g. Council Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 on the service in the Member
States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial
matters.
h. Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 on cooperation between the
courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil and
commercial matters.
i. Directive 2002/8 of 27 January 2003 to improve access to justice in
cross-border disputes by establishing minimum common rules relating
to legal aid for such disputes.
j. Directive 2008/52 of 21 May 2008 on certain aspects of mediation in
civil and commercial matters.
k. Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 of 18 December 2008 on
jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions
and cooperation in matters relating to maintenance obligations
In addition, four conferences to supplement the above topics are to be held. The
conferences, which will be recorded on audiovisual media and inserted in the
Course’s virtual platform, will cover the following contents:
 “Private International Law in the EU. Future Prospects”.
 “The Future of the European Judicial Area in Civil and Commercial Matters”.
 “Council Regulation (EC) No. 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency
proceedings”.
1

“EU Regulation on Contractual Obligations (Rome I)”.
The Course also includes a number of additional tools to help students:
 Documents available on the website: “A Virtual Tour of the European Judicial
Area”.
 Introductory schemes to each module.
 Introductory video recordings of the modules.
 Newsletter: “European Civil Justice”.
 Virtual Alumni Community.
One of the most striking characteristics of the project is its methodology. Although
this can be described as novel since the course must be followed on the Internet
through the Spanish Judicial School’s Virtual Campus, this technique has been used
since 1999, and the virtual activity we propose has three immediate predecessors in
the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009-2010 editions.
Another special feature is the fact that the course will be given in Spanish,
English, French and German, enabling the judges taking part in it to choose
one of the four most widely spoken languages in Europe as their working
language.
The programme will be directed with the collaboration of the National Distance
Learning University (UNED). From an academic point of view, the course is codirected by Ana Paloma Abarca Junco, Professor of International Private Law at the
UNED, who also has considerable experience in this field and in e-learning
educational methods, and by the judge of the General Council of the Judiciary
Joaquín Delgado Martín, who is an expert in international judicial cooperation.
The Directors have designed the curriculum and have contacted experts from various
EU countries, who have written about the various topics using two types of sources:
judicial authorities and people from the university world. The combination of theory
with practical experience aims to provide a comprehensive view of the European
Judicial Area in civil and judicial matters.
In addition, 5 tutors will be in charge of monitoring and supporting participants during
the virtual course through each of the 5 Modules into which the course topics have
been divided. The aim of including tutors is to provide students with all the help they
need to make progress in each of the Course subjects.
It is estimated that an average of 15 hours must be dedicated each month over a
period of 5 months to obtain certification of achievement.
Two types of certificate will be issued, one of achievement for those people who
complete all the exercises set and another one of participation for all those who,
although they have regularly followed the course, have not done all the tasks set.
The course will begin with a trial period the purpose of which is for the participants to
become familiar with and try out the virtual space, which will start on 20 December.
2
Once the trial stage is over, the virtual phase of the course will start. It will end in
June 2011.
A final assessment meeting has been scheduled, which will be held in the Judicial
School of Barcelona in July 2011 and which all the participants who have
successfully completed the course will have the right to attend. The organisation will
not cover the meeting travel and accommodation expenses.
Throughout the course, participants will be provided with the basic material for each
subject, as well as practical cases which students must resolve, a self assessment
test, supplementary material, debating forums, and participants will be assisted at all
times by the tutors; the aim is to ensure that the participants' may communicate with
the tutors in any of the four basic working languages of the course and their replies
will be communicated- as rapidly as possible- having been translated into all four
languages.
Those who wish to participate in the course will need a personal computer Pentium
III 500 Mhz with 64 RAM (or more), CD-ROM reader, Modem, Windows 98 or later
internet navigator, telephone and internet connection.
3
2. COURSE DIRECTION
CO-DIRECTORS:
JOAQUÍN DELGADO MARTÍN. Senior Judge of the General Council of the
Judiciary Expert Collaborator of the Spanish Judicial Network for International
Judicial Cooperation
ANA PALOMA ABARCA JUNCO. Professor of International Private Law at the
National Distance Learning University (UNED)
3. SUBJECTS AND TEACHING STAFF
MODULE 1
TUTOR: José Francisco Cobo Sáenz. Senior Judge. Section 2 of the Provincial
Court of Pamplona. Member of the Spanish Judicial Network for
International Judicial Cooperation (REJUE)
1- CIVIL JUDICIAL COOPERATION AMONGST EU MEMBER STATES
By Lionel Riuny. Magistrate. Adviser for the European Judicial Area on the
S.G.C.I. (Secrétariat Général du Comité Interministériel pour les Questions de
Coopération Économique Européenne)
2-
INSTITUTIONS ENGANGED IN THE
COOPERATION IN CIVIL MATTERS
IMPROVEMENT
OF
JUDICIAL
By Javier Luis Parra García. Senior Judge. Governing Secretary of the Murcia
High Court of Justice. Contact Point for the European Judicial Network in Civil
and Commercial Matters and for the Ibero-American Judicial Cooperation
Network (Iber RED)
3- THE COMMUNITARIZATION OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW. FREE
CIRCULATION OF JUDICIAL DECISIONS IN THE EU AND THE PRINCIPLE
OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION
By Francisco Javier Arroyo Fiestas. Senior Judge. President of the Malaga
Provincial Court. Member of the Spanish Judicial Network for International
Cooperation (REJUE)
4
MODULE 2
TUTOR: Mónica Herranz Ballesteros. Assistant Professor of International Private
Law at the UNED
4-
INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION IN REGULATION (EC) Nº 44/2001:
OBJECTIVE FORUMS. CHANGING THE PARTIES’ WISHES.
(I):
By Mónica Guzmán Zapater and Mónica Herranz Ballesteros. Professors of
Private International Law at the National University of Distance Education
(UNED).
5- REGULATION (EC) NO 44/2001 (II). RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF
FOREIGN JUDICIAL JUDGEMENTS.
By Ana Paloma Abarca Junco. Professor of Private International Law at the
UNED
6- REGULATION (EC) NO 864/2007 OF THE COUNCIL OF 11 JULY 2007 ON THE
LAW APPLICABLE TO NO CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS (ROME II). THE
“ROME I” CONVENTION.
By Dª Mónica Herranz Ballesteros. Professor of Private International Law at the
UNED
MODULE 3
TUTOR: Elena Farré Trepat. Senior Judge of the Family Court n. 17 of Barcelona.
Member of the Spanish Judicial Network for International Judicial
Cooperation (REJUE)
7- REGULATION (EC) NO 2201/2003 (I): LEGAL JURISDICTION, RECOGNITION
AND EXECUTION OF JUDICIAL RULINGS CONCERNING MARRIAGE
SEPARATION, DIVORCE AND ANNULMENT
By Ana Paloma Abarca Junco. Professor of Private International Law at the
UNED
5
8-
REGULATION (EC) NO 2201/2003 (II): INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL
JURISDICTION AND RECOGNITION OF DECISIONS REGARDING THE
PROTECTION OF MINORS. OVERALL APPLICATION OF DIFFERENT
INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
By Pascual Ortuño Muñoz. Senior Judge. Director of the Spanish Judiciary
School. Expert member of the Spanish Judicial Network for International
Cooperation (REJUE)
9- REGULATION (EC) NO 2201/2003 (III): THE SCOPE OF MUTUAL
RECOGNITION OF JUDGEMENTS ON RIGHTS TO ACCESS AND
ABDUCTION OF MINORS
By Pilar Gonzálvez Vicente. Magistrate. Legal Counsellor of the General
Council of the Judiciary. Expert member of the Spanish Judicial Network for
International Cooperation (REJUE)
10- MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS: REGULATION (EC) No 4/2009 OF
18 DECEMBER 2008 ON JURISDICTION, APPLICABLE LAW, RECOGNITION
AND ENFORCEMENT OF DECISIONS AND COOPERATION IN MATTERS
RELATING TO MAINTENANCE OBLIGATIONS
By Emelina Santana Páez. Senior Judge. 1st Instance Court no. 79 of Madrid.
MODULE 4
TUTOR: Marina Vargas Gómez-Urrutia. Professor of Private International Law at
the UNED
11- REGULATION (EC) NO 805/2004 CREATING A EUROPEAN ENFORCEMENT
ORDER FOR UNCONTESTED CLAIMS
By Francisco de Paula Puig Blanes. Senior Judge. Head of the Area of External
and Institutional Relations of the Judiciary School. Contact Point of the
European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters
12- REGULATION (EC) No. 1896/2006 OF 12 DECEMBER 2006 CREATING A
EUROPEAN ORDER FOR PAYMENT PROCEDURE.
By Gordon Y. Lingard. District Judge. Bradford County Court. England
6
13- REGULATION (EC) No. 861/2007 OF 11 JULY 2007 ESTABLISHING A
EUROPEAN SMALL CLAIMS PROCEDURE.
By Wolfgang Jakob Hau. Professor of Law. Chair for Private Law, Civil
Procedure and Private International Law. University of Passau.
MODULE 5
TUTOR: José Antonio Varela Agrelo. Senior Judge of the Provincial Court of Lugo.
Member of the Spanish Judicial Network for International Judicial
Cooperation (REJUE)
14.- REGULATION (EC) No. 1393/2007 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND
OF THE COUNCIL OF 13 NOVEMBER 2007 ON THE SERVICE IN THE
MEMBER STATES OF JUDICIAL AND EXTRAJUDICIAL DOCUMENTS IN
CIVIL OR COMMERCIAL MATTERS (SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS), AND
REPEALING COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No. 1348/2000.
By José Antonio Varela Agrelo. Senior Judge of the Provincial Court of Lugo.
Member of the Spanish Judicial Network for International Judicial Cooperation
(REJUE)
15. REGULATION (EC) No. 1206/2001 ON CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE
COURTS OF THE MEMBER STATES IN THE TAKING OF EVIDENCE
By Paola Accardo. Judge of the Corte d’Appello di Milano
16.- IMPROVING ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN CROSS-BORDER DISPUTES.
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE (EC) No. 2002/8 ESTABLISHING MINIMUM COMMON
RULES RELATING TO LEGAL AID FOR SUCH DISPUTES. MEDIATION.
By Carlos Manuel Gonçalves de Melo Marinho. Judge. Portuguese Contact
Point of the European Judicial Network of Civil and Commercial Matters
7
4. OTHER TEACHING ELEMENTS
As a supplement to the Programme, and so that pupils may have a fuller perspective
on the European Judicial Area, the course shall make use of complementary
teaching elements to its written work, and these shall include:
AUDIO-VISUAL LECTURES Four audio-visually recorded lectures will be
provided and uploaded to the course platform so that they may be followed by the
participants:
o International Private Law in the EU. Future outlook. By Ana Paloma
Abarca
o The future of the European Judicial Area in Civil and Commercial
matters. By Joaquín Delgado
o Council Regulation (EC) nº 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000, on insolvency
proceedings. By Mónica Guzmán
o EU regulations on contractual obligations (Rome I)

DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB:
o “A Virtual Gateway to the European Judicial Area”

E-NEWSLETTER:
o “European Civil Justice”. Quarterly

VIRTUAL COMMUNITY FOR PARTICIPANTS
8
2. LEITUNG DES KURSES
KODIREKTOREN:
JOAQUÍN DELGADO MARTÍN. Richter des Consejo General del Poder Judicial
und Mitglied des spanischen justizielen Netzes für internationale
Zusammenarbeit, REJUE
ANA PALOMA ABARCA JUNCO. Professor für Internationales Privatrecht an der
staatlichen Fernuniversität Spaniens, UNED.
3. THEMEN UND DOZENTEN
THEMENBLOCK 1
TUTOR: José Francisco Cobo Sáenz. Vorsitzender Richter an der 2. Kammer der
Audiencia Provincial in Pamplona. Mitglied des spanischen justizielen
Netzes für internationale Zusammenarbeit, REJUE.
1.-
JUSTIZIELLE ZUSAMMENARBEIT IN ZIVILSACHEN ZWISCHEN DEN EUMITGLIEDSSTAATEN. Vorgeschichte. Das europäische Gerichtsraum nach dem
Vertrag von Amsterdam: Aktionspkab Wien vom 3. Dezember 1998,
Schlussfolgerungen des Tampere Rates vom 15. und 16. Oktober 1999;
Massnahmenprogramm zur Implementierung des Prinzips zur gegenseitigen
Anerkennung der gerichtlichen Entscheidungen in Zivil- und Handelsachen;
Hager Programm; der zivile gerichtliche Beistand in der Reform der
Gründungsverträge.
Lionel Rinuy, Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature, Frankreich
2.- INSTRUMENTE
ZUR
VERBESSERUNG
DER
JUSTIZIELLEN
ZUSAMMENARBEIT IN ZIVIL- UND HANDELSSACHEN. Tragende Institutionen:
Europäisches Justizielles Netz in Zivil- und Handelssachen, Verbindungsrichter
und nationale Netze
Javier Luis Parra García, Secretario de Gobierno am Tribunal Superior de
Justicia in Murcia. Kontaktstelle des EJNZ
3.- VERGEMEINSCHAFTUNG DES INTERNATIONALEN PRIVATRECHTS. Freier
Verkehr von Gerichtsentscheidungen in der UE und der Grundsatz gegenseitiger
Anerkennung
Francisco Arroyo Fiestas, Präsident der Audiencia Provincial in Málaga. Mitglied
des spanischen Netzes für internationale justizielle Zusammenarbeit, REJUE.
9
THEMENBLOCK 2
TUTORIN: Mónica Herranz Ballesteros, Assistenzprofessorin für Internationales
Privatrecht, UNED
4.- DIE INTERNATIONALE GERICHTLICHE ZUSTÄNDIGKEIT NACH DER
VERORDNUNG (EG) NR. 44/2001 (I): Die objektiven Foren. Umgang mit
veränderten Absichtserklärungen der Parteien.
Mónica Guzmán Zapater und Mónica Herranz Ballesteros. Assistenzprofessorin
für Internationales Privatrecht, UNED
5. - EG-VERORDNUNG Nº 44/2001 (II): Anerkennung und Vollstreckung von
Entscheidungen in Zivil- und Handelssachen
6.-
ERORDNUNG
864/2007,
VOM
11.
JULI
ÜBER
DAS
AUF
AUSSERVERTRAGLICHE
SCHULDVERHÄLTNISSE
ANZUWENDENDE
RECHT (“ROM II”). ABKOMMEN “ROM I”
Mónica Herranz Ballesteros. Assistenzprofessorin für Internationales Privatrecht,
UNED
THEMENBLOCK 3
TUTORIN: Elena Farré Trepat. Richterin am Familiengericht in Barcelona. Mitglied
des spanischen Netzes für internationale justizielle Zusammenarbeit,
REJUE
7.- DIE VERORDNUNG (EG) Nr. 2201/2003 (I): Internationale gerichtliche
Zuständigkeit und Anerkennung von Entscheidungen in Ehesachen
Pedro-Pablo Miralles Sangro, Professor für Internationales Privatrecht, UNED
8.- DIE VERORDNUNG (EG) Nr. 2201/2003 (II): Internationale gerichtliche
Zuständigkeit und Anerkennung von Entscheidungen zu Schutzmaßnahmen für
Minderjährige. Gemeinsame Anwendung verschiedener internationaler
Rechtsvorschriften
Pascual Ortuño Muñoz, Richter. Beirat des spanischen Netzes für internationale
justizielle Zusammenarbeit, REJUE.
9.- DIE VERORDNUNG (EG) Nr. 2201/2003 (III): Reichweite der gegenseitigen
Anerkennung von Entscheidungen zum Besuchsrecht und Kindesentführungen
10
Pilar Gonzálvez Vicente, Rechtsanwältin beim Consejo General del Poder
Judicial, Beirätin des spanischen Netzes für internationale justizielle
Zusammenarbeit - REJUE, Richterin
10.- DIE VERORDNUNG (EG) NR. 4/2009 DES RATES VOM 18. DEZEMBER 2008
ÜBER DIE ZUSTÄNDIGKEIT, DAS ANWENDBARE RECHT, DIE
ANERKENNUNG UND VOLLSTRECKUNG VON ENTSCHEIDUNGEN UND DIE
ZUSAMMENARBEIT IN UNTERHALTSSACHEN.
Emelina Santana Páez. Gericht erster Instanz Nr. 79 von Madrid
THEMENBLOCK 4
TUTORIN: Marina Vargas Gómez-Urrutia. Professorin für Internationales Privatrecht,
UNED.
11.- DIE VERORDNUNG (EG) Nr. 805/2004 zur Einführung eines europäischen
Vollstreckungstitels für unbestrittene Forderungen
Francisco de Paula Puig Blanes, Richter, Kontaktstelle des Europäischen
Justiziellen Netzes für Zivil- und Handelssachen
12.- DIE VERORDNUNG (EG) NR. 1896/2006, VOM 12. DEZEMBER 2006, ZUR
EINFÜHRUNG EINES EUROPÄISCHEN MAHNVERFAHRENS
Gordon Y. Lingard. District Judge. Bradford County Court. England
13.- DIE VERORDNUNG (EG) Nr. 861/2007, VOM 11. JULI, ZUR EINFÜHRUNG
DES ERSTEN EUROPÄISCHEN VERFAHRENS FÜR GERINGFÜGIGE
FORDERUGEN
Wolfgang Jakob Hau Lehrbefugnis für Bürgerliches Recht, Verfahrensrecht,
Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung. Universität Passau
11
THEMENBLOCK 5
TUTOR: José Antonio Varela Agrelo, Richter an der Audiencia Provincial in Lugo,
Mitglied
des
spanischen
Netzes
für
internationale
justizielle
Zusammenarbeit REJUE
14.- DIE VERORDNUNG (EG) Nr. 1393/2007, VOM NOVEMBER 2007 ÜBER DIE
ZUSTELLUNG
GERICHTLICHER
UND
AUßERGERICHTLICHER
SCHRIFTSTÜCKE IN ZIVIL- ODER HANDELSSACHEN (MITTEILUNG ND
ZUSTELLUNG VON SCHRIFTSTÜCKEN) WODUCH DIE DIE VERORDNUNG
(EG) Nr. 1348/2000 DES RATES AUFGEHOBEN WIRD.
José Antonio Varela Agrelo, Richter an der Audiencia Provincial in Lugo, Mitglied
des spanischen Netzes für internationale justizielle Zusammenarbeit REJUE
15.- DIE VERORDNUNG (EG) Nr. 1206/2001: ZUSAMMENARBEIT ZWISCHEN
DEN GERICHTEN DER MITGLIEDSSTAATEN AUF DEM GEBIET DER
BEWEISAUFNAHME
Paola Accardo. Richter an der Corte d’Appello di Milano
16 VERBESSERUNG DES ZUGANGS ZUM RECHT BEI STREITSACHEN MIT
GRENZÜBERSCHREITENDEM
BEZUG
DURCH
FESTLEGUNG
GEMEINSAMER
MINDESTVORSCHRIFTEN
FÜR
DIE
PROZESSKOSTENHILFE IN DERARTIGEN STREITSACHEN (RICHTLINIE
2002/8 EG DES RATES)
Carlos Manuel Gonçalves de Melo Marinho, Richter, Kontaktstelle des
Europäischen Justiziellen Netzes für Zivil- und Handelssachen, Oberster
Richterrat Portugals
12
4. SONSTIGE PÄDAGOGISCHE ELEMENTE
Um den Schülern ein vollständigeres Bild vom Europäischen Raum des Rechts zu
vermitteln, sieht der Kurs zusätzlich zum Unterrichtsplan folgende pädagogische
Elemente vor, die die schriftlichen Themen ergänzen:
13

AUDIOVISUELLE KONFERENZEN: Es sind vier auf Video aufgenommene
Konferenzen vorgesehen, die den Teilnehmern auf der Plattform des Kurses
zur Verfügung gestellt werden:
o Internationales Privatrecht in der EU. Zukunftsperspektiven (Ana Paloma
Abarca)
o Die Zukunft des Europäischen Raums des Zivil- und Handelsrechts
(Joaquín Delgado)
o Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1346/2000 des Rates vom 29. Mai 2000 über
Insolvenzverfahren (Mónica Guzmán)
o EU-Bestimmungen zu den vertraglichen Schuldverhältnissen (Rom I)

DOKUMENTATION IM WEB:
o “Ein virtueller Spaziergang durch den Europäischen Raum des
Rechts”

NEWSLETTER ODER ELEKTRONISCHES RUNDSCHREIBEN:
o “Europäische Zivilrechtsprechung” (vierteljährlich)