The European Parliament passed a resolution on 7 September 2010 regarding the proposals to reform the Brussels Regulation (44/2001/EC) on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters. The resolution adopts in its entirety the proposals for reform contained in the report of the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs, published on 23 June 2010, which opposed the deletion (even partial) of the arbitration exclusion in the Brussels Regulation.

For further discussion of the proposals relating to the arbitration exclusion contained in the Committee on Legal Affair's report of June 2010 see Legal update, European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs rejects proposed deletion of arbitration exclusion in Brussels Regulation.

The Commission will consider the resolution of the European Parliament (as well as any other responses to its original green paper) and formulate its actual legislative proposals, after which the reforms will move forward under the ordinary legislative procedure (previously known as the co-decision procedure). The Commission's work programme for 2010 indicates that it is expecting to produce a proposal on 14 December 2010.

For further discussion on the reform proposals, see the following articles:

Source: European Parliament.