Portal of the justice authorities of the federal and state governments

 

 

 

The European Justice Portal makes available to citizens, companies and members of the legal professions a large range of valuable information on law, case law, justice, court procedures and registers from all EU member states, written in 22 languages and spread over 12,500 web pages.

This make the European Justice Portal a core access, information and communication point that is being continually expanded.
You can gain access to the Portal’s English language area here.

What follows is just a selection from the many interesting sections of the Portal:

• EU law and case law, as well as
  European data banks
• The law of member states as well as
  European data banks and those of the member states
• Member state case law
  transfer to databanks of member states
• Jurisdiction of the EU
  Information on the three branches of the EU courts
• Judicial organisation of the member states
  Transfer to state-specific pages as well as the European Judicial Atlas in Civil Matters with a search function to find out the judiciary responsible
• Bringing a case to court
  Which court in which member state should I call? How do I file a suit? What law applies? What costs are involved? Can I apply for aid with court costs?
• Search for a solicitor, notary, court translator, court interpreter or a mediator
• Information for victims of crime
• General information on business, title and bankruptcy registers
• Legal professions and their networks (e.g. the European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters)
• Tools for courts and lawyers

Further interesting links:

• ACA Europe - Association of Councils of State and the Upper Tribunal of the EU (pages in English) contains among other things the law case databanks Dec.Nat (rulings of the member states) and JuriFast (rulings of the European Court as well as those of other courts regarding interpretation of EU law)