2001/781/EC: Commission Decision of 25 September 2001 adopting a manual of receiving agencies and a glossary of documents that may be served under Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (notified under document number C(2001) 2664)

Commission Decision
of 25 September 2001
adopting a manual of receiving agencies and a glossary of documents that may be served under Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters
(notified under document number C(2001) 2664)
(2001/781/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to 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), and in particular points (a) and (b) of Article 17 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to implement Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 it is necessary to draw up and publish a manual containing information about the receiving agencies provided for in Article 2 of that Regulation.
(2) Point (b) of Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 also provides for a glossary to be drawn up in the official languages of the European Union of documents that may be served on the basis of the Regulation.
(3) On the basis of information supplied by the Member States the Commission has accordingly drawn up the manual and glossary referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000, which appear in the Annex to this Decision.
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 provides for publication of the manual in the Official Journal of the European Communities. The glossary should also be published there.
(5) In order to achieve the objectives of the Regulation it is essential that the transmitting agencies have access to a manual that is updated as regularly as possible. Consequently, and without prejudice to the annual updating provided for in point (a) of Article 17 of the Regulation, the Commission will make available on its Internet site a version of the manual that is regularly updated on the basis of changes notified by the Member States. The same should be done for the glossary.
(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the committee established by Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000,