Fernando Gascon Inchausti is Full Professor of Procedural Law at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. He is currently Executive Secretary General of the International Association of Procedural Law and General Assistant Editor of the International Journal of Procedural Law. Burkhard Hess is Professor of Law and Founding and Executive Director of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law. He is President of the ILA Committee on the Protection of Privacy in Private International and Procedural Law.

• Introduction (p. 1) I. Methodological Approaches. Inital Remarks on the Methodological Approaches to Procedural Harmonisation (p. 7) Procedural Harmonisation by the European Court of Justice: Procedural Autonomy and the Member States' Perspective (p. 17) Constitutionalisation of European Civil Procedure as a Starting Point for Harmonisation? (p. 69) Have the EU Regulations on Judicial Cooperation Fostered Harmonisation of National Procedures? (p. 89) II. The Current Situation: Vertical and Horizontal Harmonisation. Harmonisation of the Rules on Protective Measures? The European Account Preservation Order (p. 111) Harmonising Access to Information and Evidence: The Directives on Intellectual Property and Competition Damages (p. 123) Harmonisation of Confidential Information Protection in Legal Proceedings: The Trade Secrets Directive (p. 161) Procedural Harmonisation and Private Enforcement in the GDPR (p. 173) III. Current Initiatives for Further Harmonisation. The ELI/UNIDROIT Project: A General Introduction (p. 197) The ELI/UNIDROIT European Rules of Civil Procedure: Access to Information and Evidence (p. 205) Harmonisation of the Rules on Judgments and Appeals in Europe: A Few Remarks from the Inside (p. 223) The 2017 Directive Proposal on Common Minimum Standards of Civil Procedure in the Euroepan Union (p. 239) The 2017 Proposal of the European Parliament on Common Minimum Standards of Civil Procedure (p. 265) A Final Comment on the Future Evolution of Civil Procedure in Europe (p. 285)

Fernando Gascon Inchausti is Full Professor of Procedural Law at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. He is currently Executive Secretary General of the International Association of Procedural Law and General Assistant Editor of the International Journal of Procedural Law. Burkhard Hess is Professor of Law and Founding and Executive Director of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law. He is President of the ILA Committee on the Protection of Privacy in Private International and Procedural Law.

• Introduction (p. 1) I. Methodological Approaches. Inital Remarks on the Methodological Approaches to Procedural Harmonisation (p. 7) Procedural Harmonisation by the European Court of Justice: Procedural Autonomy and the Member States' Perspective (p. 17) Constitutionalisation of European Civil Procedure as a Starting Point for Harmonisation? (p. 69) Have the EU Regulations on Judicial Cooperation Fostered Harmonisation of National Procedures? (p. 89) II. The Current Situation: Vertical and Horizontal Harmonisation. Harmonisation of the Rules on Protective Measures? The European Account Preservation Order (p. 111) Harmonising Access to Information and Evidence: The Directives on Intellectual Property and Competition Damages (p. 123) Harmonisation of Confidential Information Protection in Legal Proceedings: The Trade Secrets Directive (p. 161) Procedural Harmonisation and Private Enforcement in the GDPR (p. 173) III. Current Initiatives for Further Harmonisation. The ELI/UNIDROIT Project: A General Introduction (p. 197) The ELI/UNIDROIT European Rules of Civil Procedure: Access to Information and Evidence (p. 205) Harmonisation of the Rules on Judgments and Appeals in Europe: A Few Remarks from the Inside (p. 223) The 2017 Directive Proposal on Common Minimum Standards of Civil Procedure in the Euroepan Union (p. 239) The 2017 Proposal of the European Parliament on Common Minimum Standards of Civil Procedure (p. 265) A Final Comment on the Future Evolution of Civil Procedure in Europe (p. 285)

Fernando Gascon Inchausti is Full Professor of Procedural Law at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. He is currently Executive Secretary General of the International Association of Procedural Law and General Assistant Editor of the International Journal of Procedural Law. Burkhard Hess is Professor of Law and Founding and Executive Director of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law. He is President of the ILA Committee on the Protection of Privacy in Private International and Procedural Law.

• Introduction (p. 1) I. Methodological Approaches. Inital Remarks on the Methodological Approaches to Procedural Harmonisation (p. 7) Procedural Harmonisation by the European Court of Justice: Procedural Autonomy and the Member States' Perspective (p. 17) Constitutionalisation of European Civil Procedure as a Starting Point for Harmonisation? (p. 69) Have the EU Regulations on Judicial Cooperation Fostered Harmonisation of National Procedures? (p. 89) II. The Current Situation: Vertical and Horizontal Harmonisation. Harmonisation of the Rules on Protective Measures? The European Account Preservation Order (p. 111) Harmonising Access to Information and Evidence: The Directives on Intellectual Property and Competition Damages (p. 123) Harmonisation of Confidential Information Protection in Legal Proceedings: The Trade Secrets Directive (p. 161) Procedural Harmonisation and Private Enforcement in the GDPR (p. 173) III. Current Initiatives for Further Harmonisation. The ELI/UNIDROIT Project: A General Introduction (p. 197) The ELI/UNIDROIT European Rules of Civil Procedure: Access to Information and Evidence (p. 205) Harmonisation of the Rules on Judgments and Appeals in Europe: A Few Remarks from the Inside (p. 223) The 2017 Directive Proposal on Common Minimum Standards of Civil Procedure in the Euroepan Union (p. 239) The 2017 Proposal of the European Parliament on Common Minimum Standards of Civil Procedure (p. 265) A Final Comment on the Future Evolution of Civil Procedure in Europe (p. 285)