Judicial cooperation. 1. The Parties shall enhance judicial cooperation on civil and commercial matters, in particular as regards the promotion and effectiveness of conventions on civil judicial cooperation.
2. The Parties shall enhance judicial cooperation on criminal matters based on the Agreement between the European Union and Japan on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Brussels on 30 November 2009 and at Tokyo on 15 December 2009, as may be amended.
Judicial cooperation. 1. As regards judicial cooperation in criminal matters, the Parties shall seek to enhance existing cooperation on mutual legal assistance and extradition based on relevant international agreements. The Parties shall also, within their powers and competences, seek to strengthen existing mechanisms and, as appropriate, consider the development of new mechanisms to facilitate international cooperation in this area. This would include, as appropriate, accession to, and implementation of, the relevant international instruments and closer cooperation with Eurojust.
2. The Parties shall develop, as appropriate, judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters, to the extent of their respective competences, in particular, as regards the negotiation, ratification and implementation of multilateral conventions on civil judicial cooperation, including the Conventions of the Hague Conference on Private International Law in the field of international legal cooperation and litigation as well as the protection of children.
