The Implementation of the Mediation Directive – Workshop on 29 November 2016

Please note: Each In-Depth Analysis is assigned a DOI (digital object identifier), which is a safe and long term way of ensuring a hyperlink to the full text of this report. However, when ESO creates this record, on occasion the DOI still has not been activated by the EU Bookshop. If you find the source url hyperlink does not work please use the alternative location hyperlink listed as a related url.The workshop, organised by the Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs upon request by the JURI Committee of the European Parliament, provides an opportunity to discuss the state of implementation of the Mediation Directive (2008/52/EC) in the light of the recently published European Commission report on the application of the Directive (COM (2016) 542) and in view of the European Parliament's Implementation Report.

The papers included in this compilation examine the application of the Mediation Directive in the Member States, as well as its relationship with both judicial proceedings and other forms of alternative and online dispute resolution. The papers propose possible avenues to improve the situation, in particular by promoting a better use of mediation and ADR and facilitating the intra-EU recognition of settlements.

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European Parliament: Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union: Publications available via the EU Bookshop http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/directorate-general-for-internal-policies-of-the-union-cbf.cKABstF7wAAAEjwYYY4e5K/

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: In-Depth Analysis, November 2016: The Implementation of the Mediation Directive - Workshop on 29 November 2016 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2016/571395/IPOL_IDA(2016)571395_EN.pdf

EU: Directive 2008/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1479889492865&uri=CELEX:32008L0052

European Commission: COM(2016)542: Report ... on the application of Directive 2008/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1479889745146&uri=CELEX:52016DC0542

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: In-Depth Analysis, November 2016: The Mediation Directive. European Implementation Assessment http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2016/593789/EPRS_IDA(2016)593789_EN.pdf

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