Reporters of several ELI projects were invited to give judges participating in the event first-hand insights into the workings and results of three recently completed ELI projects:

• ELI-UNIDROIT Model European Rules of Civil Procedure
• ELI Model Rules on Online Platforms
• Draft Legislative Proposal for the Prevention and Resolution of Conflicts of Jurisdiction in Criminal Matters in the European Union

John Sorabji (Member of the Steering Committee of the ELI-UNIDROIT Model European Rules of Civil Procedure), outlined the nature and scope of the project, namely that it is a model code, which sought to set out better practice to help inspire future developments. Sorabji underlined that the project already has had an influence on developments in Norway (appeal reform) and has been noted as influencing the development of EU proposals for reform of digital service, for instance. It has also had an influence in England, in terms of its approach to digitising procedure.

In respect of digitising procedure, Sorabji explained that the model rules provide a template for increased convergence for European national procedural codes: rather than digitising current procedures, the model code provides a common framework for the development of new, digital codes across Europe that have greater commonality than current codes.

Gerhard Dannemann (Project Co-Reporter of the ELI Model Rules on Online Platforms project) presented an overview of the Model Rules and explained their scope. He then provided further details and discussed essential features of the rules on transparency of rankings (Art 4), reviews and reputation systems (Arts 6–7 ), duties of platform providers (Arts 8–10, 13–16), termination and suspension of users (Arts 17–18) and on the liability of platforms for non-performance in supplier-customer contracts (Arts 20–22).

Finally, André Klip also outlined aspects of the Draft Legislative Proposal for the Prevention and Resolution of Conflicts of Jurisdiction in Criminal Matters in the European Union.

ELAN was established in 2014 and consists of 80 judges who receive specialised training in EU law and the international protection of human rights. Their mission is to provide advice and assistance on EU law and fundamental rights issues to colleagues working in the Hungarian judiciary.