序言欧洲议会与欧盟理事会:考虑到《建立欧洲共同体条约》,尤其是其第61条第c项与第67条第5款第2项,考虑到委员会的建议,考虑到欧洲经济与社会委员会的意见,根据《建立欧洲共同体条约》第251条规定之程序,鉴于:(1)共同体已制定了保持并发展一个自由、安全与正义的区域的目标。为逐步创设该区域,共同体必须在跨境民事司法合作领域采取措施,以保证内部市场的 Preamble European Parliament and the Council of the European Communities: Taking into account the Treaty Establishing the European Community, in particular its Article 61 (c) and Article 67 (5) (b), taking into account the Committee’s recommendations, taking into account that the Economic Commission for Europe , In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, given that: (1) The Community has set itself the goal of maintaining and developing a region of freedom, security and justice. In order to create the region step by step, the Community must take measures in the area of ​​cross-border civil judicial cooperation to ensure that the internal market