nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/92c5311c24baf318 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250923s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/92c5311c24baf318 doi eng 342 23 Sandri, Emilia Author aut Is Something Better Than Nothing?    - Evaluating the extension of the two-step test to civil judicial cooperation in Aucrinde Sandri, Emilia Verfassungsblog 2025-09-23 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 11 September 2025, AG Ćapeta delivered her Opinion in Aucrinde, the very first case to reach the Court on the interpretation of the Recast Evidence Regulation since it became applicable in July 2022. While touching upon several issues, one remark stands out: the AG cited the non-fulfilment of the two-step test from criminal judicial cooperation as a reason for the requested court to execute the foreign order. This passage might signal the first migration of the two-step test to civil judicial cooperation, potentially strengthening fundamental rights safeguards, but also carrying risks given its complexity and inherent logic.      CC BY-SA 4.0 AG Ćapeta civil judicial cooperation fundamental rights mutual trust Mutual Trust Principle Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/is-something-better-than-nothing/ raw object