Press Release: Launching of a EUR 1.3 million project on the training of judges in EU law in the candidate countries

On 5 and 6 February 2001, the European Commission, the European Institute of Public Administration (Antenna Luxembourg), representatives of Finland, France, Italy and Sweden, and all 13 EU applicant states, held a launching conference in Bratislava for a new €1.3 million project which aims to strengthen the capacity of the applicant states to train judges in the area of EU law.