Authorisation addressed to France to negotiate a bilateral agreement with Algeria on matters related to judicial cooperation concerning family law matters

It affects families with links between France and Algeria, including spouses, parents, children, and people involved in maintenance, child abduction, or cross-border recognition cases.

• Empowers France to negotiate with Algeria on family-law judicial cooperation matters.
• Requires Commission participation as observer and regular reporting by France.
• Requires safeguards against French-recognised Algerian decisions circulating automatically in other EU countries.
• Requires alignment with EU rules on refusing service of documents.

Takes effect

The decision enters into force on a specified day after publication in the Official Journal, but the proposal leaves the day blank.