Third update of information communicated by Member States under Article 23(1) of 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: 2002-01-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, access to information, civil law, commercial law, document, jurisdiction

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Third update of information communicated by Member States under Article 23(1) of 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 (1)

(2002/C 13/02)

1. The introduction is worded as follows:

(cid:145)INTRODUCTION

This Official Journal contains some of the information which
must be published pursuant to Article 23(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1348/2000 (2). This is the information communicated by
Member States pursuant to Articles 2 (transmitting agencies), 3,
4, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15 and 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000.
The information concerning receiving agencies is published
separately in a manual (3).

It should be pointed out that the Regulation does not apply to
Denmark.

As regards Article 14, the fact that a Member State has not
requirement means
communicated
a
implicitly that
the language requirements of Article 8 are
applicable.(cid:146)

language

specific

2. Germany: the information for Germany is replaced by

the following:

(cid:145)GERMANY

Article 2

The transmitting agency for extrajudicial documents is the
district court (Amtsgericht) of the district (Bezirk)
in which
the person serving the document is domiciled or habitually
resident; in the case of notarised deeds, it is also the district
court of the district in which the office of the notarising notary
is located; in the case of legal persons, it is the district court of
the district
the Land
in which the head office is located;
governments may, by statutory order, allocate the tasks of
transmitting agency for the districts of several district courts
to a single district court (Section 4(3) of the EU Service of
Documents Implementation Act).

Article 3

Central bodies

The task of the central body is performed in each Land by one
of the bodies determined by the Land government (Section 4(3)
of the EU Service of Documents Implementation Act).

List of central bodies alongside the available means of
communication

The postal address should first indicate (cid:151) where available (cid:151)
the postcode and locality and/or the postal box number.

Transmitting agencies

For letter post, the postcode and locality should be indicated
with, where available, the postal box number.

The transmitting agency for judicial documents is the court
serving the document
the EU
(Section 4(1), point 1, of
Service of Documents Implementation Act (ZustDG).

For express items and packages (including small packages), the
street address should be used.

A. BADEN-W(cid:220)RTTEMBERG

(49-761) 205-0
(49-761) 205(cid:150)18 04

Tel.
Fax
e-mail: AGFreiburg@t-online.de

B. BAVARIA

(49-89) 55 97-01
(49-89) 55 97-23 22

Tel.
Fax
e-mail: poststelle@stmj.bayern.de

Postal address

Street address

Amtsgericht Freiburg
D-79095 Freiburg im Breisgau

Amtsgericht Freiburg
Holzmarkt 2
D-79098 Freiburg im Breisgau

Bayerisches Staatsministerium der Justiz
D-80097 M(cid:252)nchen

Bayerisches Staatsministerium der Justiz
Justizpalast
Prielmayerstra(cid:223)e 7
D-80335 M(cid:252)nchen

(1) OJ C 151, 22.5.2001, p. 4, as last amended by OJ C 282, 6.10.2001,

p. 2.

(2) OJ L 160, 30.6.2000, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 298, 15.11.2001, p. 1.

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Postal address

Street address

C. BERLIN

(49-30) 90 13-0
(49-30) 90 13(cid:150)20 00

Tel.
Fax
e-mail: poststelle@senjust.verwalt-berlin.de

Senatsverwaltung f(cid:252)r Justiz
Salzburger Stra(cid:223)e 21(cid:151)25
D-10825 Berlin

Senatsverwaltung f(cid:252)r Justiz
Salzburger Stra(cid:223)e 21(cid:151)25
D-10825 Berlin

D. BRANDENBURG

(49-331) 866-0
(49-331) 866-30 80/30 81

Tel.
Fax
e-mail: Poststelle@mdje.brandenburg.de

Ministerium der Justiz und f(cid:252)r Europaangelegen-
heiten des Landes Brandenburg
D-14460 Potsdam

Ministerium der Justiz und f(cid:252)r Europaangelegen-
heiten des Landes Brandenburg
Heinrich-Mann-Allee 107
D-14473 Potsdam

E. BREMEN

(49-421) 361 42 04
Tel.
Fax
(49-421) 361 67 13
e-mail: office@landgericht.bremen.de

Landgericht Bremen
Postfach 10 78 43
D-28078 Bremen

Landgericht Bremen
Domsheide 16
D-28195 Bremen

F. HAMBURG

(49-40) 428 43-0
Tel.
Fax
(49-40) 428 43-23 83
e-mail: poststelle@ag.justiz.hamburg.de

Amtsgericht Hamburg
D-20348 Hamburg

Amtsgericht Hamburg
Sievekingplatz 1
D-20355 Hamburg

G. HESSE

(49-611) 32-0
Tel.
Fax
(49-611) 32-27 63
e-mail: poststelle@hmdj.hessen.de

Hessisches Ministerium der Justiz
Postfach 31 69
D-65021 Wiesbaden

Hessisches Ministerium der Justiz
Luisenstra(cid:223)e 13
D-65185 Wiesbaden

H. MECKLENBURG-EASTERN

POMERANIA

(49-385) 588-0
Tel.
(49-611) 588-34 53
Fax
e-mail: poststelle@jm.mv-regierung.de

I. LOWER SAXONY

Justizministerium Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
D-19048 Schwerin

Justizministerium Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Demmlerplatz 14
D-19053 Schwerin

(49-511) 120-0
Tel.
Fax
(49-511) 120-51 70/51 85
e-mail: Henning.Baum@mj.niedersachsen.de

Nieders(cid:228)chsisches Justizministerium
Postfach 201
D-30002 Hannover

Nieders(cid:228)chsisches Justizministerium
Waterlooplatz 1
D-30169 Hannover

J. NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA

(49-211) 49 71-0
(49-211) 49 71-548

Tel.
Fax
e-mail: poststelle@olg.duesseldorf.nrw.de

Oberlandesgericht D(cid:252)sseldorf
Postfach 30 02 10
D-40402 D(cid:252)sseldorf

Oberlandesgericht D(cid:252)sseldorf
Cecilienallee 3
D-40474 D(cid:252)sseldorf

K. RHINELAND-PALATINATE

(49-6131) 16-0
(49-6131) 16-48 87

Tel.
Fax
e-mail: Poststelle@justiz.rlp.de

Ministerium der Justiz
Postfach 32 60
D-55022 Mainz

Ministerium der Justiz
Ernst-Ludwig-Stra(cid:223)e 3
D-55116 Mainz

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Postal address

Street address

L. SAARLAND

(49-681) 501-00
(49-681) 501-58 55

Tel.
Fax
e-mail: poststelle@mdj.x400.saarland.de

Ministerium der Justiz
Postfach 10 24 51
D-66024 Saarbr(cid:252)cken

Ministerium der Justiz
Z(cid:228)hringerstra(cid:223)e 12
D-66119 Saarbr(cid:252)cken

M. SAXONY

Tel.
Fax
e-mail:

(49-351) 446-0
(49-351) 446-30 70/11 70
lippert@olg.sachsen.de

N. SAXONY-ANHALT

(49-391) 567-01
(49-391) 567-61 80

Tel.
Fax
e-mail: Altrichter@mj.lsa-net.de

O. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN

(49-431) 988-0
(49-431) 988-38 70

Tel.
Fax
e-mail: poststelle@jumi.landsh.de

P. THURINGIA

Oberlandesgericht Dresden
Postfach 12 07 32
D-01008 Dresden

Oberlandesgericht Dresden
Augustusstra(cid:223)e 2
D-01067 Dresden

Ministerium der Justiz
Postfach 34 29
D-39043 Magdeburg

Ministerium der Justiz
Hegelstra(cid:223)e 40(cid:151)42
D-39104 Magdeburg

Justiz, Frauen,

Ministerium f(cid:252)r
Familie
Lorentzendamm 35
D-24103 Kiel

Jugend und

Justiz, Frauen,

Ministerium f(cid:252)r
Familie
Lorentzendamm 35
D-24103 Kiel

Jugend und

(49-361) 37 95-000
Tel.
Fax
(49-361) 37 95-888
e-mail: poststelle@tjm.thueringen.de

Th(cid:252)ringer Justizministerium
Postfach 10 01 51
D-99001 Erfurt

Th(cid:252)ringer Justizministerium
Werner-Seelenbinder-Stra(cid:223)e 5
D-99096 Erfurt

Territorial competence

A. Baden-W(cid:252)rttemberg

B. Bavaria

C. Berlin

D. Brandenburg

E. Bremen

F. Hamburg

G. Hesse

H. Mecklenburg-Eastern Pomerania

I. Lower Saxony

J. North Rhine-Westphalia

K. Rhineland-Palatinate

L. Saarland

M. Saxony

N. Saxony-Anhalt

O. Schleswig-Holstein

P. Thuringia

The following means of communication are available:
(cid:151) for receipt and dispatch: post,

including private courier

services, fax,

(cid:151) for other communications: telephone and e-mail.

Apart from German, English is permitted.

Article 4

Transmission of documents

The form (request) may be completed in German or English.

Article 9

Date of service

The Federal Republic of Germany does not currently intend to
derogate from Article 9(1) or (2).

The form (certificate) may be completed in German or English.

Article 13

Service by diplomatic or consular agents

In the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, service by
diplomatic or consular agents within the meaning of Article
13(1) of the Regulation is not allowed unless the document is
to be served on a national of the transmitting State (Section 1
of the EU Service of Documents Implementation Act).

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Article 14

Service by post

is not allowed (Section 3 of the EU Service of Documents
Implementation Act).

In the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, direct
service by post within the meaning of Article 14(1) of the
Regulation is accepted only in the form of registered letter
with advice of delivery and only on the further condition
that the document to be served is in one of the following
languages or accompanied by a translation into one of the
following languages: German or one of the official languages
of the transmitting State, if the addressee is a national of that
State (Section 2(1) of the EU Service of Documents Implemen-
tation Act).

Article 19

Defendant not entering an appearance

Where the conditions of Article 19(2) are fulfilled, German
courts may give judgment where a writ of summons or
equivalent document has been publicly served in the Federal
Republic of Germany.

Article 15

Direct service

In the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, direct
service within the meaning of Article 15(1) of the Regulation

No application may be entertained for the restoration of the
original situation within the meaning of Article 19(4) of the
Regulation more than one year after the end of the missed
deadline.(cid:146)

Commission notice pursuant to Article 12(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1017/68 concerning
Case COMP/D-2/38.086 (cid:151) European Rail Shuttle (ERS)

(2002/C 13/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. Application

The parties listed in section 3 below have submitted an
to Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No
application pursuant
1017/68 with a view to obtaining,
for a further three-year
period, a declaration of non-applicability of the prohibition
in Article 2 to the continuing operation of ERS, in accordance
with Article 5 of that Regulation.

2. Background

ERS was set up in 1994 as a joint venture company engaged in
the movement of deep-sea containers by scheduled rail shuttle
services between Rotterdam and points in Germany and Italy.
ERS acts as an intermediary between its parent shipping lines
and the railway undertakings and contracts with the latter for
train crew and traction. ERS sells any available spare capacity
to third parties.

The ERS agreement was originally notified to the Commission
on 15 June 1995. Details of the application were published by
the Commission on 30 October 1997 (1). By decision of 30
January 1998 ((cid:145)the decision(cid:146)), the Commission acknowledged
that the agreement should be exempted for a period of three
years.

The parties contend that the nature, content and objectives of
the current arrangements are essentially the same as those

(1) Case No IV/35.592 (OJ C 328, 30.10.1997, p. 13).

which were the subject of
the decision and that
differences relate to shareholding and routes served.

the only

3. The parties

The parties to the notified agreement are:

(cid:151) M(cid:230)rsk Intermodal Europe BV ((cid:145)MIE(cid:146)),

an intermodal
operator based in the Netherlands and specialising in the
inland distribution of deep-sea containers moved by M(cid:230)rsk
Sealand. MIE is a subsidiary of M(cid:230)rsk Benelux BV and part
of the A P Młller Group,

(cid:151) P & O Nedlloyd BV ((cid:145)PONL(cid:146)), a container transport company
based in the Netherlands and formed by the merger of
P & O Containers Ltd and Nedlloyd Lines BV.

4. Arguments of the parties for negative clearance or

exemption

Shareholding

ERS originally had five shareholders i.e. Nedlloyd, M(cid:230)rsk,
Sea-land Service, P & O Containers Ltd and Holland Rail
Container BV. The four shipping companies had the same
shareholding and decisions were taken on the basis of