Parallel proceedings resulted from certain differences between national rules governing jurisdiction and recognition of judgments cause an obstacle in the litigation of civil and commercial cases involving foreign elements. This is particularly significant in the wake of ASEAN Economic Community. Without prepared approaches in dealing with such difficulties, the Community’s economic integration would be affected. Provisions on Lis Pendens of the Council Regulation (EU) No. 1215/2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, which currently deal with the problems of parallel proceedings in the European Union, are appropriate for ASEAN Economic Community to regionally enact as a model law in order to unify the rules on parallel proceedings. Due to certain difficulties arising out of the past application of related instruments prior to the Regulation arguably hampering international commerce in the European Union, analyzing the European Union’s experience towards designing prepared approaches in ASEAN Economic Community could efficiently cope with the problems.