Commission Regulation (EC) No 1804/2004 of 14 October 2004 amending the list of competent courts and redress procedures in Annexes I, II and III to Council Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and in matters of parental responsibility of both spouses
Date: 2004-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, appeal, area of freedom, security and justice, courts and tribunals, family law, matrimonial law, parental responsibility

19.10.2004

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1804/2004

of 14 October 2004

amending the list of competent courts and redress procedures in Annexes I, II and III to Council
Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in
matrimonial matters and in matters of parental responsibility of both spouses

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(b) the indent
following:

relating to Slovenia is

replaced by the

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

‘— in Slovenia, the “okrožno sodišče”,’;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 of 29
May 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement
of judgments in matrimonial matters and in matters of parental
responsibility for children of both spouses (1), and in particular
Article 44(1) thereof,

2. Annex II is amended as follows:

(a)

the indent
following:

relating to Lithuania is replaced by the

Whereas:

‘— in Lithuania, the “Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas”,’;

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

any
Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 provides
interested party may request that a judgment issued in
one Member State shall be recognised and declared
enforceable in another Member State.

that

Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000
indicate which courts
shall have jurisdiction in the
Member States to deal with applications for a declaration
of enforceability and with appeals against such decisions,
and enumerate the redress procedures for such purpose.

(b) the indent
following:

relating to Slovenia is

replaced by the

‘— in Slovenia, the “okrožno sodišče”,’;

(c)

the indent
following:

relating to Slovakia is

replaced by the

Annexes I, II and III were amended by the 2003 Act of
Accession so as to include the list of competent courts
and redress procedures of the acceding States.

3. Annex III is amended as follows:

‘— in Slovakia, the “okresný súd”,’;

Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia and Slovakia have notified the
Commission, pursuant to Article 44(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1347/2000, of amendments to the lists of courts and
redress procedures set out in Annexes I, II and III.

(a)

the indent relating to Lithuania is replaced by the
following:

‘— in Lithuania, by an appeal

“Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas”,’;

in cassation to the

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 is amended as follows:

1. Annex I is amended as follows:

(b)

the indent
following:

relating to Slovenia is replaced by the

‘— in Slovenia, by an appeal before the “Vrhovno

sodišče Republike Slovenije”,’;

(c)

the following indent is inserted relating to Slovakia:

(a)

the indent relating to Latvia is replaced by the following:

‘— in Latvia, the “rajona (pilsētas) tiesa”,’;

‘— in Slovakia, by a “dovolanie”,’.

Article 2

(1) OJ L 160, 30.6.2000, p. 19. Regulation as last amended by the

2003 Act of Accession.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following that of its publication in the Official
Journal of the
European Union.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 14 October 2004.

For the Commission

António VITORINO
Member of the Commission