DigitalJustice@2030
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Summary
The Commission's justice digitalisation programme will expand shared tools, data availability and cross-border digital cooperation. It plans a repository of digital justice tools, an IT toolbox, exchanges among Member States and guidance on high-risk AI. Other actions cover legal and judicial-data reuse, common videoconferencing requirements, remote participation in criminal hearings, support for national digitalisation and further development of the European Electronic Access Point.
Action items
Action 1: The Commission will create a living repository of digital tools, in particular AI, used in justice across the EU, available on the European e-Justice Portal by the end of 2026.
Action 2:The Commission will facilitate exchange of best practices among Member States on digital tools, in particular AI, used in justice.
Action 3: The Commission will create the IT toolbox by the end of 2026 and promote its use.
Action 4: The Commission will elaborate on the use of high-risk AI systems in justice notably by defining relevant guidelines under the AI Act by February 2026, with input from the justice community.
Action 5: The Commission will identify together with the Member States, and other relevant stakeholders areas where the EU can support them in their uptake of AI in justice, possibly with dedicated guidelines about whether, for what purpose, and how they could use AI tools.
Action 6: The Commission and the Publications Office of the EU will support complete uptake of ELI and ECLI. For ECLI, ensure that, by 2030, all case-law in all Member States is assigned an ECLI and can easily be found on the ECLI search engine on the European e-Justice Portal. The first step will be to assign an ECLI to all new court decisions in all courts. The second will be to integrate all existing case-law. For ELI, ensure that, by 2030, each piece of legislation in all Member States is assigned an ELI, to be easily found on the ELI search engine.
Action 7: The Commission and the Publications Office of the EU will support the development of legal technology applications, including AI tools for justice by improving the availability and re-usability of legal and judicial data (including case law and legislation).
Action 8: The Commission will recommend voluntary, common EU-wide technical requirements for videoconferencing by the end of 2027.
Action 9: In the context of the European Investigation Order Directive review, the Commission will seek to enable remote participation in criminal court hearings of suspects or accused persons from another Member State via videoconference, including the necessary procedural safeguards. The Commission will also assess the corresponding need to include rules to facilitate the remote participation of victims of crime as well as necessary safeguards, taking into account the outcome of the negotiations on the revision of the Victims’ Rights Directive.
Action 10: The Commission will study the feasibility and assess the costs and benefits of different options to overcome interoperability issues for cross-border videoconferencing in judicial proceedings by the end of 2027.
Action 11: The Commission proposes to continue funding projects and actions at EU and Member State level under the next MFF through the proposed Justice Programme.
Action 12: The Commission aims to supportthe digitalisation of national justice systems under the next MFF through the proposed National and Regional Partnership Plans.
Action 13: The Commission will analyse the effects of the possible further digitalisation of cross-border proceedings in civil and commercial matters, beyond the scope of the Digitalisation Regulation by the end of 2028.
Action 14: The Commission will develop the European Electronic Access Point so that it could be expanded later to all civil and commercial law cases with cross-border implications.