Provisional EU Council Agendas on Private International Law Matters

The German Presidency has produced, in accordance with its obligations under Article 2, para. 5, of the Council’s rules of procedure, the indicative provisional agendas for Council meetings prepared by the Permanent Representatives Committee for the period up to 30 June 2007. Scrolling through the agendas, the various proposed Rome Regulations (I, II & III) are all timetabled (along with what they hope to achieve), as well as a few other related matters:

Justice and Home Affairs Council, Brussels, 15/16 February 2007 (p. 24)

  • (Possible) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II) ? Adoption of the amended common position
  • (Possible) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Small Claims Procedure ? Adoption
  • (Possible) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters ? Adoption of the Common position

Justice and Home Affairs Council, Luxembourg, 19/20 April 2007 (p.26)

  • (Possible) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II) ? Adoption of the amended common position
  • Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I) ? Debate on certain issues
  • Proposal for a Council Regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decision and cooperation in matters relating to maintenance obligations (Maintenance regulation) ? Conclusions on certain issues
  • (Possible) Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) N° 2201/2003 as regards jurisdiction and introducing rules concerning applicable law in matrimonial matters (Rome III) ? Debate on certain issues

Justice and Home Affairs Council, Luxembourg, 12/13 June 2007 (p. 28)

  • Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I) ? Debate on certain issues or general agreement
  • (possible) Proposal for a Council Regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decision and cooperation in matters relating to maintenance obligations. VO Unterhalt ? Conclusions on certain issues
  • Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 as regards jurisdiction and introducing rules concerning applicable law in matrimonial matters (Rome III) ? Debate on certain issues

You can find the full list of provisional agendas here.