On 30 January 2019 the Council of Europe adopted the first guidelines on electronic evidence in civil and administrative proceedings (hereinafter also ‘Guidelines’).1 The authors question if the Guidelines already require some revisions. They also consider, whether the revised Guidelines should provide more practical advice to courts and legal practitioners related to electronic evidence. Several aspects have been identified regarding the use of the Guidelines by the courts in particular with the regard to the rapid development of online dispute resolutions systems and use of artificial intelligence algorithms in judicial systems. Both authors took an active part in the preparatory works of the Guidelines and believe it is in the interest of justice that the Guidelines should be regularly updated addressing and reflecting technological developments, new business models and evolving case-law.

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是否需要修订欧洲委员会关于电子证据的准则？

欧洲委员会于2019年1月30日通过了有关民事和行政诉讼中电子证据的第一份准则（以下简称``准则''）.1作者质疑该准则是否已需要进行修订。他们还考虑修订后的准则是否应向法院和法律从业者提供有关电子证据的更多实用建议。关于法院使用《准则》，特别是在线争端解决系统的迅速发展以及司法系统中人工智能算法的使用，已经确定了几个方面。