The Need for Training
The expression could not be more appropriate because it is in a real theater adjoining the premises of the Chamber that was held this now traditional day.
Delegations from fifteen European countries were present (Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Sweden) and a representative of Algeria, thus ensuring the success of the event.
The opening session was chaired by Nora Klebercz, from the Hungarian Ministry of Justice, responsible for e-Justice and Permanent Representative of Hungary at the European Union.
The Chairman of the National Chamber of Judicial officers of Hungary, Miklos Krejniker, welcomed everyone, followed by Jean Michel Rouzaud, President of the National School of Procedure of Paris (ENP), who as usual was able to convince the participants in the need for training in our profession.
Chairman of the UIHJ Leo Netten, welcomed in return his colleagues and gave the floor to Françoise Andrieux (France), Secretary General of UIHJ, who declined the menu of the day, then leaving the place for the presentations.
The first workshop focused on e-Justice. Françoise Andrieux, chair of the workshop, recalled the definition of e-justice through a European Parliament resolution of 18 February 2008: "Whereas e-Justice has a broad definition including, in general, the use of electronic technologies in the field of justice... ".
Bobant Alain (France), Chairman of the National Federation of Trusted Third Parties (FNTC), and Stéphane Gensollen (France), judicial officer in Marseilles, one in the role of the scientist and the other in the candid, have brought within the reach of any European judicial officer the interest and the use of e-Justice. They managed to bring the topic into the everyday work through the presentation of products like "Depomail", e-Minute book...
During discussions that followed, our fellow-member Dionysios Kriaris, president of the National Chamber of Judicial officers of Greece, Deputy Secretary of the board of the UIHJ informed us of an important news:, according to the bill introduced in Greece the electronic service of document will be conducted by judicial officers only, making of the electronic vector a simple mode of service, within the monopoly of judicial officers.
Attila Vincze, the Hungarian Chamber computer scientist, then gave a demonstration of the use of e-Justice in the process of transmitting the payment order in Hungary.
It was finally the long awaited riveting report that gave us Natalie Fricero, professor at the Faculty of Law of Nice Sophia Antipolis (France), a member of the Scientific Council of the UIHJ, declaring that no-one will escape e- enforcement as a fast and efficient tool that the securing and modern judicial officer will be its pivot.
The Disparity of Recovery of Maintenance obligations in Europe
The second workshop on cross-border recovery of maintenance obligations began with a panel comprising representatives from five countries (Nicola Hesslen (Sweden), Jos Uitdehaag first quaestor Committee UIHJ (the Netherlands), Carlos de Matos (Portugal), Oksana Kutsmei (Estonia), and Bernard Menut (France), 1st Vice-President of the UIHJ), which allowed us to establish a quick overview of disparities in the recovery of maintenance obligations in Europe.
Mrs Dagmara Kornobis, professor at law at the University of Wroclaw (Poland), representing the National Chamber of Judicial officers of Poland, presented the EC Regulation No. 4 / 2009 of 18 December 2009 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and cooperation in matters relating to maintenance obligations.
To illustrate and concretize what had to be exposed, Bernard Menut then told us the story of Pierre, a French citizen living in Russia, married to Russian Irina, and exposed to marital problems ending up in maintenance obligations.
He then remembered that the first difficulty in collecting this type of debt is to find out what is the relevant applicable legislation between the New York Convention of 20 June 1956, the Hague Convention of 2 October 1973, the protocol of the Hague Conference on Private International Law of 23 November 2007 or the Regulation (EC) No. 4 / 200, and then how it applies.
Of course the day included the now recurring two entries, i.e. the review of case law and European law brightly presented by Guillaume Payan, lecturer at the University of Maine (France) and UIHJ consultant. He referred in particular to the pending decision on six European countries taken to court by the Commission in breach of free movement of goods and people in that in these countries the status of notaries calls for a nationality requirement. Although this decision does not directly concern our profession, we still imagine the impact it could have on our profession...
The afternoon was closed by President Netten and Françoise Andrieux, on behalf of the ENP of Paris, announced that, given the broad interest in the e-Justice workshop, the establishment of a training module on this theme demonstrating the responsiveness of the ENP and its involvement in international training for judicial officers.
The success of this day, rich in training and information leads to warmly thank the hosts of the course, our Hungarian colleagues, the speakers for the quality of their presentations, and the students.
See you next year!
