Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (service of documents), and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000
Date: 2007-11-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU Member State, access to the courts, commercial law, data transmission, judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU, legal domicile

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REGULATION (EC) No 1393/2007 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 13 November 2007

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

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EURO-
PEAN UNION,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular Article 61(c) and Article 67(5), second
indent, thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee (1),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251
of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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 coopera-
tion in civil matters needed for the proper functioning of
the internal market.

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 matters
for service between the Member States.

The Council, by an Act dated 26 May 1997 (3), 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 adop-
tion by the Member States in accordance with their respec-
tive constitutional rules. That Convention has not entered
into force. Continuity in the results of the negotiations for
conclusion of the Convention should be ensured.

(1) OJ C 88, 11.4.2006, p. 7.
(2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 4 July 2006 (OJ C 303 E,
13.12.2006, p. 69), Council Common Position of 28 June 2007
(OJ C 193 E, 21.8.2007, p. 13) and Position of the European Parlia-
ment of 24 October 2007.

(3) 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 Con-
vention which is set out on page 26 of the aforementioned Official
Journal.

On 29 May 2000 the Council adopted Regulation (EC)
No 1348/2000 on the service in the Member States of judi-
cial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial
matters (4). The main content of that Regulation is based
on the Convention.

On 1 October 2004 the Commission adopted a report on
the application of Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000. The
report concludes that the application of Regulation (EC)
No 1348/2000 has generally improved and expedited the
transmission and the service of documents between Mem-
ber States since its entry into force in 2001, but that nev-
ertheless the application of certain provisions is not fully
satisfactory.

Efficiency and speed in judicial procedures in civil matters
require that judicial and extrajudicial documents be trans-
mitted directly and by rapid means between local bodies
designated by the Member States. Member States may indi-
cate their intention to designate 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 standard form, to be
completed in the official language or one of the official lan-
guages of the place where service is to be effected, or in
another language accepted by the Member State in
question.

This Regulation should not apply to service of a document
on the party’s authorised representative in the Member
State where the proceedings are taking place regardless of
the place of residence of that party.

The service of a document should be effected as soon as
possible, and in any event within one month of receipt by
the receiving agency.

To secure the effectiveness of this Regulation, the possibil-
ity of refusing service of documents should be confined to
exceptional situations.

In order to facilitate the transmission and service of docu-
ments between Member States, the standard forms set out
in the Annexes to this Regulation should be used.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(4) OJ L 160, 30.6.2000, p. 37.

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(12)

(13)

(14)

The receiving agency should inform the addressee in writ-
ing using the standard form that he may refuse to accept
the document to be served at the time of service or by
returning the document to the receiving agency within one
week if it is not either in a language which he understands
or in the official language or one of the official languages
of the place of service. This rule should also apply to the
subsequent service once the addressee has exercised his
right of refusal. These rules on refusal should also apply to
service by diplomatic or consular agents, service by postal
services and direct service. It should be established that the
service of the refused document can be remedied through
the service on the addressee of a translation of the
document.

Speed in transmission warrants documents being served
within days of receipt of the document. However, if ser-
vice 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.

The receiving agency should continue to take all necessary
steps to effect the service of the document also in cases
where it has not been possible to effect service within the
month, for example, because the defendant has been away
from his home on holiday or away from his office on busi-
ness. However, in order to avoid an open-ended obligation
for the receiving agency to take steps to effect the service
of a document, the transmitting agency should be able to
specify a time limit in the standard form after which ser-
vice is no longer required.

(16)

In order to facilitate access to justice, costs occasioned by
recourse to a judicial officer or a person competent under
the law of the Member State addressed should correspond
to a single fixed fee laid down by that Member State in
advance which respects the principles of proportionality
and non-discrimination. The requirement of a single fixed
fee should not preclude the possibility for Member States
to set different fees for different types of service as long as
they respect these principles.

(17)

Each Member State should be free to effect service of docu-
ments directly by postal services on persons residing in
another Member State by registered letter with acknowl-
edgement of receipt or equivalent.

(18)

(19)

It should be possible for any person interested in a judicial
proceeding to effect service of documents directly through
the judicial officers, officials or other competent persons of
the Member State addressed, where such direct service is
permitted under the law of that Member State.

The Commission should draw up a manual containing
information relevant for the proper application of this
Regulation, which should be made available through the
European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Mat-
ters. The Commission and the Member States should do
their utmost to ensure that this information is up to date
and complete especially as regards contact details of receiv-
ing and transmitting agencies.

(20)

In calculating the periods and time limits provided for in
this Regulation, Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1182/71 of
the Council of 3 June 1971 determining the rules appli-
cable to periods, dates and time limits (2) should apply.

(15) 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. Hav-
ing 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 Member State addressed which
determines the date of service. However, where according
to the law of a Member State a document has to be served
within a particular period, the date to be taken into account
with respect to the applicant should be that determined by
the law of that Member State. This double date system
exists only in a limited number of Member States. Those
Member States which apply this system should communi-
cate this to the Commission, which should publish the
information in the Official Journal of the European Union and
make it available through the European Judicial Network in
Civil and Commercial Matters established by Council Deci-
sion 2001/470/EC (1).

(21)

(22)

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 con-
ferred on the Commission (3).

In particular, power should be conferred on the Commis-
sion to update or make technical amendments to the stan-
dard forms set out in the Annexes. Since those measures
are of general scope and are designed to amend/delete non-
essential elements of this Regulation, they must be adopted
in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny
provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

(1) OJ L 174, 27.6.2001, p. 25.

(2) OJ L 124, 8.6.1971, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision

2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

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(23)

(24)

This Regulation prevails over the provisions contained in
bilateral or multilateral agreements or arrangements hav-
ing the same scope, concluded by the Member States, and
in particular the Protocol annexed to the Brussels Conven-
tion of 27 September 1968 (1) and the Hague Convention
of 15 November 1965 (2) in relations between the Mem-
ber States party thereto. This Regulation does not preclude
Member States from maintaining or concluding agree-
ments or arrangements to expedite or simplify the trans-
mission of documents, provided that they are compatible
with this Regulation.

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 pro-
tection of individuals with regard to the processing of
personal data and on the free movement of such data (3),
and of Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the pro-
cessing of personal data and the protection of privacy in
the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy
and electronic communications) (4).

(25) No later than 1 June 2011 and every five years thereafter,
the Commission should review the application of this
Regulation and propose such amendments as may appear
necessary.

(26)

Since the objectives of this Regulation cannot be suffi-
ciently achieved by the Member States and can therefore,
by reason of the scale or effects of the action, be better
achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt
measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity
as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the
principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this
Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order
to achieve those objectives.

(27)

In order to make the provisions more easily accessible
and readable, Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 should be
repealed and replaced by this Regulation.

(28)

In accordance with Article 3 of the Protocol on the posi-
tion of the United Kingdom and Ireland, annexed to the
Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing
the European Community, the United Kingdom and Ire-
land are taking part in the adoption and application of this
Regulation.

(1) Brussels Convention of 27 September 1968 on Jurisdiction and the
Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (OJ L 299,
31.12.1972, p. 32; consolidated version, OJ C 27, 26.1.1998, p. 1).
(2) Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of
Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters.
(3) OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31. Directive as amended by Regulation (EC)

No 1882/2003 (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

(4) OJ L 201, 31.7.2002, p. 37. Directive as amended by Directive

2006/24/EC (OJ L 105, 13.4.2006, p. 54).

(29)

In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the
position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European
Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, Denmark does not take part in the adoption of
this Regulation and is not bound by it or subject to its
application,

HAVE 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. It shall not
extend in particular to revenue, customs or administrative mat-
ters or to liability of the State for actions or omissions in the exer-
cise of state authority (acta iure imperii).

This Regulation shall not apply where the address of the

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

In this Regulation, the term ‘Member State’ shall mean the

3.
Member States with the exception of Denmark.

Article 2

Transmitting and receiving agencies

Each Member State shall designate the public officers,
1.
authorities or other persons, hereinafter referred to as ‘transmit-
ting agencies’, competent for the transmission of judicial or extra-
judicial 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 the

4.
following information:

(a)

the names and addresses of the receiving agencies referred to
in paragraphs 2 and 3;

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(b)

the geographical areas in which they have jurisdiction;

(c)

the means of receipt of documents available to them; and

Each Member State shall indicate the official language or lan-
guages of the institutions of the European Union other than its
own which is or are acceptable to it for completion of the form.

(d)

the languages that may be used for the completion of the
standard form set out in Annex I.

The documents and all papers that are transmitted shall be

4.
exempted from legalisation or any equivalent formality.

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

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

Article 3

Central body

Each Member State shall designate a central body responsible for:

Article 5

Translation of documents

(a)

supplying information to the transmitting agencies;

(b)

seeking solutions to any difficulties which may arise during
transmission of documents for service;

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

(c)

forwarding, in exceptional cases, at the request of a transmit-
ting agency, a request for service to the competent receiving
agency.

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.

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.

CHAPTER II

JUDICIAL DOCUMENTS

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 pursuant to 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 appro-
priate 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.

The document to be transmitted shall be accompanied by a
3.
request drawn up using the standard form set out in Annex I. The
form shall be completed in 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 lan-
guages of the place where service is to be effected, or in another
language which that Member State has indicated it can accept.

Article 6

Receipt of documents by receiving agency

On receipt of a document, a receiving agency shall, as soon
1.
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 set out in Annex I.

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

3.
If the request for service is manifestly outside the scope 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 using the standard form
set out in Annex I.

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 con-
ditions laid down in Article 4(3) and shall inform the transmit-
ting agency accordingly using the standard form set out in
Annex I. That receiving agency shall inform the transmitting
agency when it receives the document, in the manner provided
for in paragraph 1.

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Article 7

Service of documents

Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall also apply to the means of trans-
judicial documents provided for in

4.
mission and service of
Section 2.

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 method requested by the transmit-
ting agency, unless that method is incompatible with the law of
that Member State.

2.
The receiving agency shall take all necessary steps to effect
the service of the document as soon as possible, and in any event
within one month of receipt. If it has not been possible to effect
service within one month of receipt, the receiving agency shall:

(a)

immediately inform the transmitting agency by means of the
certificate in the standard form set out in Annex I, which
shall be drawn up under the conditions referred to in
Article 10(2); and

(b) continue to take all necessary steps to effect the service of the
document, unless indicated otherwise by the transmitting
agency, where service seems to be possible within a reason-
able period of time.

Article 8

Refusal to accept a document

1.
The receiving agency shall inform the addressee, using the
standard form set out in Annex II, that he may refuse to accept
the document to be served at the time of service or by returning
the document to the receiving agency within one week if it is not
written in, or accompanied by a translation into, either of the fol-
lowing languages:

5.
For the purposes of paragraph 1, the diplomatic or consu-
lar agents, where service is effected in accordance with Article 13,
or the authority or person, where service is effected in accordance
with Article 14, shall inform the addressee that he may refuse to
accept the document and that any document refused must be sent
to those agents or to that authority or person respectively.

Article 9

Date of service

1. Without prejudice to Article 8, the date of service of a docu-
ment 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 according to the law of a Member State a
document has to be served within a particular period, the date to
be taken into account with respect to the applicant shall be that
determined by the law of that Member State.

Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall also apply to the means of trans-
judicial documents provided for in

3.
mission and service of
Section 2.

Article 10

(a) a language which the addressee understands;

Certificate of service and copy of the document served

or

(b)

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.

2. Where the receiving agency is informed that the addressee
refuses to accept the document in accordance with paragraph 1,
it shall 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.

3.
If the addressee has refused to accept the document pursu-
ant to paragraph 1, the service of the document can be remedied
through the service on the addressee in accordance with the pro-
visions of this Regulation of the document accompanied by a
translation into a language provided for in paragraph 1. In that
case, the date of service of the document shall be the date on
which the document accompanied by the translation is served in
accordance with the law of the Member State addressed. However,
where according to the law of a Member State, a document has to
be served within a particular period, the date to be taken into
account with respect to the applicant shall be the date of the ser-
vice of the initial document determined pursuant to Article 9(2).

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

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 institutions 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.

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However, the applicant shall pay or reimburse the costs

2.
occasioned by:

Article 15

Direct service

(a)

recourse to a judicial officer or to a person competent under
the law of the Member State addressed;

(b)

the use of a particular method of service.

Any person interested in a judicial proceeding may effect service
of judicial documents directly through the judicial officers, offi-
cials or other competent persons of the Member State addressed,
where such direct service is permitted under the law of that Mem-
ber State.

Costs occasioned by recourse to a judicial officer or to a person
competent under the law of the Member State addressed shall cor-
respond to a single fixed fee laid down by that Member State in
advance which respects the principles of proportionality and non-
discrimination. Member States shall communicate such fixed fees
to the Commission.

CHAPTER III

EXTRAJUDICIAL DOCUMENTS

Article 16

Transmission

S e c t i o n 2

Other means of transmission and service of
judicial documents

Article 12

Transmission by consular or diplomatic channels

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

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

Measures designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regu-
lation relating to the updating or to the making of technical
amendments to the standard forms set out in Annexes I and II
shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure
with scrutiny referred to in Article 18(2).

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, with-
out application of any compulsion, directly through its diplomatic
or consular agents.

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

Article 14

Service by postal services

Each Member State shall be free to effect service of judicial docu-
ments directly by postal services on persons residing in another
Member State by registered letter with acknowledgement of
receipt or equivalent.

Article 18

Committee

1.

The Commission shall be assisted by a committee.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1)
to (4), and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having
regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

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 defen-
dant 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;

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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 may 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 pro-
vided for in this Regulation;

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

3. Member States shall send to the Commission:

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

(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;

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

arrangements.

(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.

Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 2, the judge may order,

3.
in case of urgency, any provisional or protective measures.

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 expiry 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

Article 21

Legal aid

This Regulation shall not affect the application of Article 23 of the
Convention on civil procedure of 17 July 1905, 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 party to those Conventions.

Article 22

Protection of information transmitted

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

(b)

the defendant has disclosed a prima facie defence to the action
on the merits.

Receiving agencies shall ensure the confidentiality of such

2.
information, in accordance with their national law.

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

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

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 expiry of a time to be stated by it in that commu-
nication, but which shall in no case be less than one year follow-
ing the date of the judgment.

Paragraph 4 shall not apply to judgments concerning the

5.
status or capacity of persons.

This Regulation shall be without prejudice to Directives

4.
95/46/EC and 2002/58/EC.

Article 23

Communication and publication

Article 20

Relationship with agreements or arrangements to which
Member States are party

1. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the
information referred to in Articles 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 13, 15 and 19.
Member States shall communicate to the Commission if, accord-
ing to their law, a document has to be served within a particular
period as referred to in Articles 8(3) and 9(2).

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 Mem-
ber States, and in particular Article IV of the Protocol to the Brus-
sels Convention of 1968 and the Hague Convention of
15 November 1965.

2.
The Commission shall publish the information communi-
cated in accordance with paragraph 1 in the Official Journal of the
European Union with the exception of the addresses and other con-
tact details of the agencies and of the central bodies and the geo-
graphical areas in which they have jurisdiction.

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The Commission shall draw up and update regularly a
3.
manual containing the information referred to in paragraph 1,
which shall be available electronically, in particular through the
European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters.

Article 24

Review

Article 25

Repeal

Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 shall be repealed as from

1.
the date of application of this Regulation.

2.
References made to the repealed Regulation shall be con-
strued as being made to this Regulation and should be read in
accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.

No later than 1 June 2011, and every five years thereafter, the
Commission shall present to the European Parliament, the Coun-
cil and the European Economic and Social Committee a report on
the application of this Regulation, paying special attention to the
effectiveness of the agencies designated pursuant to Article 2 and
to the practical application of Article 3(c) 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 26

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 13 November 2008 with the exception of
Article 23 which shall apply from 13 August 2008.

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 Strasbourg, 13 November 2007.

For the European Parliament
The President
H.-G. PÖTTERING

For the Council
The President
M. LOBO ANTUNES

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ANNEX I

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Official Journal of the European Union

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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EN

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ANNEX II

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EN

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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EN

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 324/107

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 324/109

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EN

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 324/111

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EN

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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EN

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 324/115

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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ANNEX III

CORRELATION TABLE

Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000

This Regulation

Article 1(1) first sentence

Article 1(1) second sentence

Article 1(2)

Article 1(3)

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4

Article 5

Article 6

Article 7(1)

Article 1(1)

—

Article 1(2)

—

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4

Article 5

Article 6

Article 7(1)

Article 7(2) first sentence

Article 7(2) second sentence

—

Article 7(2) third sentence

Article 7(2) first sentence

Article 7(2) second sentence (introductory phrase) and
Article 7(2)(a)

Article 7(2)(b)

—

Article 8(1) introductory phrase

Article 8(1) introductory phrase

Article 8(1)(a)

Article 8(1)(b)

Article 8(2)

—

Article 9(1) and (2)

Article 9(3)

—

Article 10

Article 11(1)

Article 11(2)

—

Article 12

Article 13

Article 14(1)

Article 14(2)

Article 15(1)

Article 15(2)

Article 16

Article 17, introductory phrase

Article 17(a) to (c)

Article 18(1) and (2)

Article 8(1)(b)

Article 8(1)(a)

Article 8(2)

Article 8(3) to (5)

Article 9(1) and (2)

—

Article 9(3)

Article 10

Article 11(1)

Article 11(2) first subparagraph

Article 11(2) second subparagraph

Article 12

Article 13

Article 14

—

Article 15

—

Article 16

Article 17

—

Article 18(1) and (2)

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This Regulation

Article 18(3)

Article 19

Article 20

Article 21

Article 22

Article 23(1)

—

Article 23(2)

—

Article 24

Article 25

—

—

Annex

—

—

—

Article 19

Article 20

Article 21

Article 22

Article 23(1) first sentence

Article 23(1) second sentence

Article 23(2)

Article 23(3)

Article 24

—

Article 25

Article 26

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III