To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs which projects have operated in the UK under the EU funding stream judicial co-operation between national judges since 1997; and if she will make a statement. (108097)

Various EU funding programmes exist which facilitate training and co-operation among national judges. Among activities promoted are training of national judges in EC competition law and judicial cooperation between national judges. This scheme began in 2002 and since then there have been nine British projects, as follows:

2002

Association of European Competition Law Judges (AECLJ)

2003

AECLJ, and

Irish Centre of European Law

2004

AECLJ, and

British Institute of International and Comparative Law

2005

AECLJ, and

University of Oxford

2006

AECLJ, and

University of Oxford