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Brussels (pte041/25.03.2003/15:44) - The European Commission has set up an online portal for quick information on civil and commercial law within the fifteen EU member countries.
The information can be accessed free of charge in the eleven official languages within the EU. The portal http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/ejn is the result of a decision by the EU Council to create a "European judicial network for civil and commercial matters".
Antonio Vitorino, EU Commissioner for Law and Internal Affairs, called the site a "window to all legal systems within the EU". He pointed out that, although civil law was a matter of daily interest for EU citizens, people knew less about it than they did about criminal law, which received more attention from the media.
The EU Commission will manage the portal in close cooperation with the member states. The site currently provides information on 20 topics in civil law. The user can select information according to topic, legal system and language. It would, for example take three mouseclicks to access information on the Finnish legal system in Greek.
The portal also contains links to websites that offer more detailed information.
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