Council regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters
Date: 2000-05-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, EU act, civil law, commercial law

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1348/2000

of 29 May 2000

on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial
matters

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 61(c) and Article 67(1)
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (3),

Whereas:

(1) The Union has set itself the objective of maintaining and
developing the Union as an area of freedom, security and
justice, in which the free movement of persons is assured.
To establish such an area, the Community is to adopt,
among others, the measures relating to judicial cooper-
ation in civil matters needed for the proper functioning
of the internal market.

(2) The proper functioning of the internal market entails the
need to improve and expedite the transmission of judicial
and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial mat-
ters for service between the Member States.

(3) This is a subject now falling within the ambit of Article 65

of the Treaty.

(4)

In accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and
proportionality as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty,
the objectives of this Regulation cannot be sufficiently
achieved by the Member States and can therefore be
better achieved by the Community. This Regulation does
not go beyond what
is necessary to achieve those
objectives.

(5) The Council, by an Act dated 26 May 1997 (4), drew up a
Convention on the service in the Member States of the

European Union of judicial and extrajudicial documents
in civil or commercial matters and recommended it for
adoption by the Member States in accordance with their
respective constitutional rules. That Convention has not
the
entered into force. Continuity in the results of
negotiations for conclusion of the Convention should
be ensured. The main content of this Regulation is
substantially taken over from it.

(6)

(7)

Efficiency and speed in judicial procedures in civil matters
means that the transmission of judicial and extrajudicial
documents is to be made direct and by rapid means
between local bodies designated by the Member States.
However, the Member States may indicate their intention
of designating only one transmitting or receiving agency
or one agency to perform both functions for a period of
five years. This designation may, however, be renewed
every five years.

Speed in transmission warrants the use of all appropriate
means, provided that certain conditions as to the legibility
and reliability of the document received are observed.
Security in transmission requires that the document to be
transmitted be accompanied by a pre-printed form, to be
completed in the language of the place where service is
to be effected, or in another language accepted by the
Member State in question.

(8) To secure the effectiveness of this Regulation, the possi-
bility of refusing service of documents is confined to
exceptional situations.

(1) OJ C 247 E, 31.8.1999, p. 11.
(2) Opinion of 17 November 1999 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(3) OJ C 368, 20.12.1999, p. 47.
(4) OJ C 261, 27.8.1997, p. 1. On the same day as the Convention
was drawn up the Council took note of the explanatory report on
the Convention which is set out on page 26 of the aforementioned
Official Journal.

(9)

Speed of transmission warrants documents being served
within days of reception of the document. However, if
service has not been effected after one month has elapsed,
the receiving agency should inform the transmitting
agency. The expiry of this period should not imply that
the request be returned to the transmitting agency where
it is clear that service is feasible within a reasonable
period.

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(10) For the protection of the addressee’s interests, service
should be effected in the official language or one of the
official languages of the place where it is to be effected or
in another language of the originating Member State
which the addressee understands.

(14) The measures necessary for the implementation of this
Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council
Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the
procedures for the exercise of
implementing powers
conferred on the Commission (4).

(11) Given the differences between the Member States as
regards their rules of procedure, the material date for the
purposes of service varies from one Member State to
another. Having regard to such situations and the possible
difficulties that may arise, this Regulation should provide
for a system where it is the law of the receiving Member
State which determines the date of service. However, if
the relevant documents in the context of proceedings to
be brought or pending in the Member State of origin are
to be served within a specified period, the date to be
taken into consideration with respect to the applicant
shall be that determined according to the law of the
Member State of origin. A Member State is, however,
authorised to derogate from the aforementioned pro-
visions for a transitional period of five years, for appropri-
ate reasons. Such a derogation may be renewed by a
Member State at five-year intervals due to reasons related
to its legal system.

(12) This Regulation prevails over the provisions contained in
bilateral or multilateral agreements or arrangements
having the same scope, concluded by the Member States,
and in particular the Protocol annexed to the Brussels
Convention of 27 September 1968 (1) and the Hague
Convention of 15 November 1965 in relations between
the Member States party thereto. This Regulation does not
preclude Member States from maintaining or concluding
agreements or arrangements to expedite or simplify
the transmission of documents, provided that they are
compatible with the Regulation.

(13) The information transmitted pursuant to this Regulation
should enjoy suitable protection. This matter falls within
the scope of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the
protection of individuals with regard to the processing of
personal data and on the free movement of such data (2),
and of Directive 97/66/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 15 December 1997 concerning the
processing of personal data and the protection of privacy
in the telecommunications sector (3).

(1) Brussels Convention of 27 September 1968 on Jurisdiction and
the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters
(OJ L 299, 13.12.1972, p. 32; consolidated version, OJ C 27,
26.1.1998, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 1.

(15) These measures also include drawing up and updating

the manual using appropriate modern means.

(16) No later than three years after the date of entry into force
of this Regulation, the Commission should review its
application and propose such amendments as may appear
necessary.

(17) The United Kingdom and Ireland, in accordance with
Article 3 of the Protocol on the position of the United
Kingdom and Ireland annexed to the Treaty on European
Union and the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, have given notice of their wish to take part in the
adoption and application of this Regulation.

(18) Denmark, in accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the
Protocol on the position of Denmark annexed to the
Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing
the European Community,
is not participating in the
adoption of this Regulation, and is therefore not bound
by it nor subject to its application,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Scope

1.
This Regulation shall apply in civil and commercial
matters where a judicial or extrajudicial document has to be
transmitted from one Member State to another for service
there.

This Regulation shall not apply where the address of the

2.
person to be served with the document is not known.

(4) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

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Article 2

CHAPTER II

Transmitting and receiving agencies

JUDICIAL DOCUMENTS

1.
Each Member State shall designate the public officers,
authorities or other persons, hereinafter referred to as ‘trans-
mitting agencies’, competent for the transmission of judicial
or extrajudicial documents to be served in another Member
State.

2.
Each Member State shall designate the public officers,
authorities or other persons, hereinafter referred to as ‘receiving
agencies’, competent for the receipt of judicial or extrajudicial
documents from another Member State.

3.
A Member State may designate one transmitting agency
and one receiving agency or one agency to perform both
functions. A federal State, a State in which several legal systems
apply or a State with autonomous territorial units shall be free
to designate more than one such agency. The designation shall
have effect for a period of five years and may be renewed at
five-year intervals.

Each Member State shall provide the Commission with

4.
the following information:

(a) the names and addresses of the receiving agencies referred

to in paragraphs 2 and 3;

(b) the geographical areas in which they have jurisdiction;

(c) the means of receipt of documents available to them; and

(d) the languages that may be used for the completion of the

standard form in the Annex.

Member States shall notify the Commission of any subsequent
modification of such information.

Article 3

Central body

Each Member State shall designate a central body responsible
for:

(a) supplying information to the transmitting agencies;

(b) seeking solutions to any difficulties which may arise during

transmission of documents for service;

(c)

in exceptional cases, at

the request of a
forwarding,
transmitting agency, a request for service to the competent
receiving agency.

S e c t i o n 1

Transmission and service of judicial documents

Article 4

Transmission of documents

1.
Judicial documents shall be transmitted directly and as
soon as possible between the agencies designated on the basis
of Article 2.

2.
The transmission of documents, requests, confirmations,
receipts, certificates and any other papers between transmitting
agencies and receiving agencies may be carried out by any
appropriate means, provided that the content of the document
received is true and faithful to that of the document forwarded
and that all information in it is easily legible.

if

3.
The document to be transmitted shall be accompanied
by a request drawn up using the standard form in the Annex.
The form shall be completed in the official language of the
Member State addressed or,
there are several official
languages in that Member State, the official language or one of
the official
languages of the place where service is to be
effected, or in another language which that Member State has
indicated it can accept. Each Member State shall indicate the
official language or languages of the European Union other
than its own which is or are acceptable to it for completion of
the form.

The documents and all papers that are transmitted shall

4.
be exempted from legalisation or any equivalent formality.

5. When the transmitting agency wishes a copy of the
document to be returned together with the certificate referred
to in Article 10, it shall send the document in duplicate.

Article 5

Translation of documents

A federal State, a State in which several legal systems apply or
a State with autonomous territorial units shall be free to
designate more than one central body.

1.
The applicant shall be advised by the transmitting agency
to which he or she forwards the document for transmission
that the addressee may refuse to accept it if it is not in one of
the languages provided for in Article 8.

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2.
The applicant shall bear any costs of translation prior to
the transmission of the document, without prejudice to any
possible subsequent decision by the court or competent
authority on liability for such costs.

Article 8

Refusal to accept a document

Article 6

Receipt of documents by receiving agency

On receipt of a document, a receiving agency shall, as
1.
soon as possible and in any event within seven days of receipt,
send a receipt to the transmitting agency by the swiftest
possible means of transmission using the standard form in the
Annex.

the information or documents transmitted,

2. Where the request for service cannot be fulfilled on the
basis of
the
receiving agency shall contact the transmitting agency by
the swiftest possible means in order to secure the missing
information or documents.

If the request for service is manifestly outside the scope
3.
of this Regulation or if non-compliance with the formal
conditions required makes service impossible, the request and
the documents transmitted shall be returned, on receipt, to the
transmitting agency, together with the notice of return in the
standard form in the Annex.

4.
A receiving agency receiving a document for service but
not having territorial jurisdiction to serve it shall forward it, as
well as the request, to the receiving agency having territorial
jurisdiction in the same Member State if the request complies
with the conditions laid down in Article 4(3) and shall inform
the transmitting agency accordingly, using the standard form in
the Annex. That receiving agency shall inform the transmitting
agency when it receives the document, in the manner provided
for in paragraph 1.

Article 7

Service of documents

1.
The receiving agency shall itself serve the document or
have it served, either in accordance with the law of the Member
State addressed or by a particular form requested by the
transmitting agency, unless such a method is incompatible
with the law of that Member State.

1.
The receiving agency shall inform the addressee that he
or she may refuse to accept the document to be served if it is
in a language other than either of the following languages:

(a) the official language of the Member State addressed or, if
there are several official languages in that Member State,
the official language or one of the official languages of the
place where service is to be effected; or

(b) a language of the Member State of transmission which the

addressee understands.

informed that

2. Where the receiving agency is
the
addressee refuses to accept the document in accordance with
paragraph 1,
immediately inform the transmitting
agency by means of the certificate provided for in Article 10
and return the request and the documents of which a
translation is requested.

it shall

Article 9

Date of service

1. Without prejudice to Article 8, the date of service of a
document pursuant to Article 7 shall be the date on which it
is served in accordance with the law of the Member State
addressed.

2.
However, where a document shall be served within a
particular period in the context of proceedings to be brought
or pending in the Member State of origin, the date to be taken
into account with respect to the applicant shall be that fixed
by the law of that Member State.

3.
A Member State shall be authorised to derogate from the
provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 for a transitional period of
five years, for appropriate reasons.

This transitional period may be renewed by a Member State at
five-yearly intervals due to reasons related to its legal system.
That Member State shall
inform the Commission of the
content of such a derogation and the circumstances of the
case.

Article 10

2.
All steps required for service of the document shall be
effected as soon as possible. In any event, if it has not been
possible to effect service within one month of receipt, the
receiving agency shall
inform the transmitting agency by
means of the certificate in the standard form in the Annex,
which shall be drawn up under the conditions referred to in
Article 10(2). The period shall be calculated in accordance
with the law of the Member State addressed.

Certificate of service and copy of the document served

1. When the formalities concerning the service of the
document have been completed, a certificate of completion of
those formalities shall be drawn up in the standard form in the
Annex and addressed to the transmitting agency, together
with, where Article 4(5) applies, a copy of the document
served.

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2.
The certificate shall be completed in the official language
or one of the official languages of the Member State of origin
or in another language which the Member State of origin has
indicated that it can accept. Each Member State shall indicate
the official language or languages of the European Union other
than its own which is or are acceptable to it for completion of
the form.

Article 11

Costs of service

1.
The service of judicial documents coming from a Member
State shall not give rise to any payment or reimbursement of
taxes or costs for services rendered by the Member State
addressed.

The applicant shall pay or reimburse the costs occasioned

2.
by:

(a) the employment of a judicial officer or of a person
competent under the law of the Member State addressed;

(b) the use of a particular method of service.

S e c t i o n 2

Other means of transmission and service of judicial docu-
ments

Article 12

Transmission by consular or diplomatic channels

Each Member State shall be free, in exceptional circumstances,
to use consular or diplomatic channels to forward judicial
documents, for the purpose of service, to those agencies of
another Member State which are designated pursuant
to
Article 2 or 3.

Article 13

Service by diplomatic or consular agents

1.
Each Member State shall be free to effect service of
judicial documents on persons residing in another Member
State, without application of any compulsion, directly through
its diplomatic or consular agents.

2.
Any Member State may make it known, in accordance
with Article 23(1), that it is opposed to such service within its
territory, unless the documents are to be served on nationals
of the Member State in which the documents originate.

Article 14

Service by post

1.
Each Member State shall be free to effect service of
judicial documents directly by post to persons residing in
another Member State.

Any Member State may specify,

2.
in accordance with
Article 23(1), the conditions under which it will accept service
of judicial documents by post.

Article 15

Direct service

1.
This Regulation shall not interfere with the freedom of
any person interested in a judicial proceeding to effect service
of judicial documents directly through the judicial officers,
officials or other competent persons of the Member State
addressed.

2.
Any Member State may make it known, in accordance
with Article 23(1), that it is opposed to the service of judicial
documents in its territory pursuant to paragraph 1.

CHAPTER III

EXTRAJUDICIAL DOCUMENTS

Article 16

Transmission

Extrajudicial documents may be transmitted for service in
another Member State in accordance with the provisions of
this Regulation.

CHAPTER IV

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 17

Implementing rules

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regu-
lation relating to the matters referred to below shall be adopted
in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in
Article 18(2):

(a) drawing up and annually updating a manual containing
the information provided by Member States in accordance
with Article 2(4);

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(b) drawing up a glossary in the official

languages of the
European Union of documents which may be served under
this Regulation;

Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 2, the judge may
in case of urgency, any provisional or protective

3.
order,
measures.

(c) updating or making technical amendments to the standard

form set out in the Annex.

Article 18

Committee

1.

The Commission shall be assisted by a committee.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 3
and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

3.

The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

Article 19

Defendant not entering an appearance

1. Where a writ of summons or an equivalent document
has had to be transmitted to another Member State for the
purpose of service, under the provisions of this Regulation,
and the defendant has not appeared, judgment shall not be
given until it is established that:

(a) the document was served by a method prescribed by the
internal law of the Member State addressed for the service
of documents in domestic actions upon persons who are
within its territory; or

(b) the document was actually delivered to the defendant or
to his residence by another method provided for by this
Regulation;

and that in either of these cases the service or the delivery was
effected in sufficient time to enable the defendant to defend.

2.
Each Member State shall be free to make it known, in
accordance with Article 23(1), that the judge, notwithstanding
the provisions of paragraph 1, may give judgment even if no
certificate of service or delivery has been received, if all the
following conditions are fulfilled:

(a) the document was transmitted by one of the methods

provided for in this Regulation;

(b) a period of time of not less than six months, considered
adequate by the judge in the particular case, has elapsed
since the date of the transmission of the document;

(c) no certificate of any kind has been received, even though
every reasonable effort has been made to obtain it through
the competent authorities or bodies of the Member State
addressed.

4. When a writ of summons or an equivalent document
has had to be transmitted to another Member State for the
purpose of service, under the provisions of this Regulation,
and a judgment has been entered against a defendant who has
not appeared, the judge shall have the power to relieve the
defendant from the effects of the expiration of the time for
appeal from the judgment if the following conditions are
fulfilled:

(a) the defendant, without any fault on his part, did not have
knowledge of the document in sufficient time to defend,
or knowledge of the judgment in sufficient time to appeal;
and

(b) the defendant has disclosed a prima facie defence to the

action on the merits.

An application for relief may be filed only within a reasonable
time after the defendant has knowledge of the judgment.

Each Member State may make it known, in accordance with
Article 23(1), that such application will not be entertained if it
is filed after the expiration of a time to be stated by it in that
communication, but which shall in no case be less than one
year following the date of the judgment.

Paragraph 4 shall not apply to judgments concerning

5.
status or capacity of persons.

Article 20

Relationship with agreements or arrangements to which
Member States are Parties

1.
This Regulation shall, in relation to matters to which it
applies, prevail over other provisions contained in bilateral or
multilateral agreements or arrangements concluded by the
Member States, and in particular Article IV of the Protocol to
the Brussels Convention of 1968 and the Hague Convention
of 15 November 1965.

2.
This Regulation shall not preclude individual Member
States from maintaining or concluding agreements or arrange-
ments to expedite further or simplify the transmission of
they are compatible with this
documents, provided that
Regulation.

3. Member States shall send to the Commission:

(a) a copy of the agreements or arrangements referred to in
paragraph 2 concluded between the Member States as well
as drafts of such agreements or arrangements which they
intend to adopt;

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(b) any denunciation of, or amendments to, these agreements

or arrangements.

This Regulation shall be without prejudice to Directives

4.
95/46/EC and 97/66/EC.

Article 21

Legal aid

This Regulation shall not affect the application of Article 23
the Convention on Civil Procedure of 17 July 1905,
of
Article 24 of the Convention on Civil Procedure of 1 March
1954 or Article 13 of the Convention on International Access
to Justice of 25 October 1980 between the Member States
Parties to these Conventions.

Article 22

Protection of information transmitted

Information, including in particular personal data, trans-
1.
mitted under this Regulation shall be used by the receiving
agency only for the purpose for which it was transmitted.

Receiving agencies shall ensure the confidentiality of

2.
such information, in accordance with their national law.

3.
Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not affect national laws enabling
data subjects to be informed of the use made of information
transmitted under this Regulation.

Article 23

Communication and publication

1. Member States shall communicate to the Commission
the information referred to in Articles 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 13, 14,
15, 17(a) and 19.

2.
The Commission shall publish in the Official Journal
of the European Communities the information referred to in
paragraph 1.

Article 24

Review

No later than 1 June 2004, and every five years thereafter, the
Commission shall present to the European Parliament, the
Council and the Economic and Social Committee a report on
the application of this Regulation, paying special attention to
the effectiveness of the bodies designated pursuant to Article 2
and to the practical application of point (c) of Article 3 and
Article 9. The report shall be accompanied if need be by
proposals for adaptations of this Regulation in line with the
evolution of notification systems.

Article 25

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 May 2001.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States
in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community.

Done at Brussels, 29 May 2000.

For the Council

The President

A. COSTA

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ANNEX

REQUEST FOR SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS

(Article 4(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial
documents in civil or commercial matters (1))

Reference No: ….

1. TRANSMITTING AGENCY

1.1.

Identity:

1.2. Address:

1.2.1. Street and number/PO box:

1.2.2. Place and code:

1.2.3. Country:

1.3. Tel:

1.4. Fax (*):

1.5. E-mail (*)

2. RECEIVING AGENCY

2.1.

Identity:

2.2. Address:

2.2.1. Street and number/PO box:

2.2.2. Place and code:

2.2.3. Country:

2.3. Tel:

2.4. Fax (*):

2.5. E-mail (*):

(1) OJ L 160, 30.6.2000, p. 37.
(*) This item is optional.

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3. APPLICANT

3.1.

Identity:

3.2. Address:

3.2.1. Street and number/PO box:

3.2.2. Place and code:

3.2.3. Country:

3.3. Tel (*):

3.4. Fax (*):

3.5. E-mail (*):

4. ADDRESSEE

4.1.

Identity:

4.2. Address:

4.2.1. Street and number/PO box:

4.2.2. Place and code:

4.2.3. Country:

4.3. Tel (*):

4.4. Fax (*):

4.5. E-mail (*):

4.6.

Identification number/social security number/organisation number/or equivalent (*):

5. METHOD OF SERVICE

5.1.

In accordance with the law of the Member State addressed

5.2. By the following particular method:

5.2.1.

If this method is incompatible with the law of the Member State addressed, the document(s) should be served in accordance with
the law:

5.2.1.1. yes

5.2.1.2. no

(*) This item is optional.

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6. DOCUMENT TO BE SERVED

(a) 6.1. Nature of the document

6.1.1.

judicial

6.1.1.1. writ of summons

6.1.1.2.

judgment

6.1.1.3. appeal

6.1.1.4. other

6.1.2. extrajudicial

(b) 6.2. Date or time limit stated in the document (*):

(c) 6.3. Language of document:

6.3.1. original DE, EN, DK, EL, FI, FR, GR, IT, NL, PT, SV, others:

6.3.2.

translation (*) DE, EN, DK, ES, FI, FR, EL, IT, NL, PT, SV, others:

6.4. Number of enclosures:

7. A COPY OF DOCUMENT TO BE RETURNED WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (Article 4(5) of the Regulation)

7.1. Yes (in this case send two copies of the document to be served)

7.2. No

1. You are required by Article 7(2) of the Regulation to effect all steps required for service of the document as soon as possible. In any
event, if it is not possible for you to effect service within one month of receipt, you must inform this agency by means of the
certificate provided for in point 13.

2.

If you cannot fulfil this request for service on the basis of the information or documents transmitted, you are required by Article 6(2)
of the Regulation to contact this agency by the swiftest possible means in order to secure the missing information or document.

Done at:

Date:

Signature and/or stamp:

(*) This item is optional.

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Reference No of the receiving agency:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT

(Article 6(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000)

This acknowledgement must be sent by the swiftest possible means of transmission as soon as possible after receipt of the document
and in any event within seven days of receipt.

8. DATE OF RECEIPT:

Done at:

Date:

Signature and/or stamp:

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NOTICE OF RETURN OF REQUEST AND DOCUMENT

(Article 6(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000)

The request and document must be returned on receipt.

9. REASON FOR RETURN:

9.1. The request is manifestly outside the scope of the Regulation:

9.1.1.

the document is not civil or commercial

9.1.2.

the service is not from one Member State to another Member State

9.2. Non-compliance with formal conditions required makes service impossible:

9.2.1.

the document is not easily legible

9.2.2.

the language used to complete the form is incorrect

9.2.3.

the document received is not a true and faithful copy

9.2.4. other (please give details):

9.3. The method of service is incompatible with the law of that Member State (Article 7(1) of the Regulation)

Done at:

Date:

Signature and/or stamp:

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NOTICE OF RETRANSMISSION OF REQUEST AND DOCUMENT TO THE APPROPRIATE RECEIVING AGENCY

(Article 6(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000)

The request and document were forwarded on to the following receiving agency, which has territorial jurisdiction to serve it:

10.1.

Identity:

10.2. Address:

10.2.1. Street and number/PO box:

10.2.2. Place and code:

10.2.3. Country:

10.3. Tel:

10.4. Fax (*):

10.5. E-mail (*):

Done at:

Date:

Signature and/or stamp:

(*) This item is optional.

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Reference No of the appropriate receiving agency:

NOTICE OF RECEIPT BY THE APPROPRIATE RECEIVING AGENCY HAVING TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION TO THE TRANSMITTING
AGENCY

(Article 6(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000)

This notice must be sent by the swiftest possible means of transmission as soon as possible after receipt of the document and in any
event within seven days of receipt.

11. DATE OF RECEIPT:

Done at:

Date:

Signature and/or stamp:

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE OR NON-SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS

(Article 10 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000)

The service shall be effected as soon as possible. In any event, if it has not been possible to effect service within one month of receipt,
the receiving agency shall inform the transmitting agency (according to Article 7(2) of the Regulation)

12. COMPLETION OF SERVICE

(a) 12.1. Date and address of service:

(b) 12.2. The document was

(A) 12.2.1.

served in accordance with the law of the Member State addressed, namely

12.2.1.1. handed to

12.2.1.1.1.

the addressee in person

12.2.1.1.2. another person

12.2.1.1.2.1. Name:

12.2.1.1.2.2. Address:

12.2.1.1.2.2.1. Street and number/PO box:

12.2.1.1.2.2.2. Place and code:

12.2.1.1.2.2.3. Country:

12.2.1.1.2.3. Relation to the addressee:

family

employee

others

12.2.1.1.3.

the addressee’s address

12.2.1.2.

served by post

12.2.1.2.1. without acknowledgement of receipt

12.2.1.2.2. with the enclosed acknowledgement of receipt

12.2.1.2.2.1.

from the addressee

12.2.1.2.2.2. another person

12.2.1.2.2.2.1. Name:

12.2.1.2.2.2.2. Address

12.2.1.2.2.2.2.1. Street and number/PO box:

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12.2.1.2.2.2.2.2. Place and code:

12.2.1.2.2.2.2.3. Country:

12.2.1.2.2.2.3. Relation to the addressee:

family

employee

others

12.2.1.3. other method (please say how):

(B) 12.2.2.

served by the following particular method (please say how):

(c) 12.3. The addressee of the document was informed (orally) (in writing) that he or she may refuse to accept it if it was not in an official
language of the place of service or in an official language of the state of transmission which he or she understands.

13.

INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 7(2)

It was not possible to effect service within one month of receipt.

14. REFUSAL OF DOCUMENT

The addressee refused to accept the document on account of the language used. The documents are annexed to this certificate.

15. REASON FOR NON-SERVICE OF DOCUMENT

15.1. Address unknown

15.2. Addressee cannot be located

15.3. Document could not be served before the date or time limit stated in point 6.2.

15.4. Others (please specify):

The documents are annexed to this certificate.

Done at:

Date:

Signature and/or stamp: