20/03/2017

ECLI advocated within the European Parliament

On 2 March the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament issued an opinion in which the importance of the European Case Law Identifier is stressed.

The Opinion is directed towards the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, with the purpose to include this and other statements into a motion for a resolution that is being prepared by the Committee on the EU eGovernment Action Plan 2016-2020.

In point 5 the Committee on Legal Affairs suggests to include the following text: “[The European Parliament] Congratulates the Council and the Commission on their work in introducing the European Case Law Identifier (ECLI), which is very useful for legal research and judicial dialogue, and welcomes the creation of the ECLI search engine, which should facilitate access to legal information across the Union.”

The Opinion can be found on the website of the European Parliament.