A new online register, launched on Tuesday 12 December, will make it easier to find and track EU decisions taken in the form of delegated acts.

(15) The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in respect of the governance, management, operation, representation and funding of the electronic network, the conditions for countries outside the European Economic Area to participate in the electronic network, the minimum security standards, the use of a unique identifier, the languages used by the electronic network, the method of transmitting information between the registers ensuring cross-bord ...[+++]er access to information, the interoperability of the information and communication technologies used by the members of the electronic network, the definition of standards on format, substance and limits for storing and retrieving the documents and particulars that enables automated data exchange, the consequences of non-compliance, the method of identifying the link between a company and its foreign branch, the method of and the technical standards for the transmission of information between the register of the company and the register of the branch, the technical standards for the transmission of information between the registers and the standard forms of notification of the cross-border merger to be used by the registers.

(15) In order to establish the electronic network, the power to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the conditions for countries outside the European Economic Area to participate in the electronic network, the minimum security standards, the use of a unique identifier, the languages used by the electronic network, the method of transmitting information between the registers ensuring cross-border access to informat ...[+++]ion, the interoperability of the information and communication technologies used by the members of the electronic network, the definition of standards on format, substance and limits for storing and retrieving the documents and particulars that enables automated data exchange, the consequences of non-compliance, the method of identifying the link between a company and its foreign branch, the method of and the technical standards for the transmission of information between the register of the company and the register of the branch, the technical standards for the transmission of information between the registers and the standard forms of notification of the cross-border merger to be used by the registers.

F. whereas, in the longer term, the use of IT in dispute resolution and settlement will necessitate fundamental changes in procedural law and in the way legislation is conceived and drafted, and efficient access to the law and justice will require the linking of registers (commercial and companies registers, land registers, registers of wills, etc.); whereas Parliament has already been concerned to make access to justice more compatible with the use of IT in its treatment of legislation on small claims, the European enforcement order and mediation; whereas the use of IT is be encouraged in all areas, including the submission, distribu ...[+++]tion and service of documents, the giving of evidence and the treatment of legal aid applications, and hence reflected in all future legislative proposals; whereas action in the areas of electronic acts, transparency of debtors' assets and evidence could already be contemplated,

F. whereas, in the longer term, the use of IT in dispute resolution and settlement will necessitate fundamental changes in procedural law and in the way legislation is conceived and drafted, and efficient access to the law and justice will require the linking of registers (commercial and companies registers, land registers, registers of wills, etc.); whereas Parliament has already been concerned to make access to justice more compatible with the use of IT in its treatment of legislation on small claims, the European enforcement order and mediation; whereas the use of IT is be encouraged in all areas, including the submission, distribu ...[+++]tion and service of documents, the giving of evidence and the treatment of legal aid applications, and hence reflected in all future legislative proposals; whereas action in the areas of electronic acts, transparency of debtors' assets and evidence could already be contemplated,

F. whereas, in the longer term, the use of IT in dispute resolution and settlement will necessitate fundamental changes in procedural law and in the way legislation is conceived and drafted, and efficient access to the law and justice will require the linking of registers (commercial and companies registers, land registers, registers of wills, etc.); whereas Parliament has already been concerned to make access to justice more compatible with the use of IT in its treatment of legislation on small claims, the European enforcement order and mediation; whereas the use of IT is be encouraged in all areas, including the submission, distribut ...[+++]ion and service of documents, the giving of evidence and the treatment of legal aid applications, and hence reflected in all future legislative proposals; whereas action in the areas of electronic acts, transparency of debtors' assets and evidence could already be contemplated,