Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 (repealed)Dangos y teitl llawn

ANNEX II U.K.

The courts or competent authorities to which the application referred to in Article 39 may be submitted are the following:

• in Belgium, the ‘tribunal de première instance’ or ‘rechtbank van eerste aanleg’ or ‘erstinstanzliches Gericht’,

• [F1 in the Czech Republic, the ‘ okresní soud ’ or ‘ soudní exekutor ’,]

• [F2 in Germany:

  (a)

  the presiding Judge of a chamber of the

  ‘ Landgericht ’;

  (b)

  a notary ( ‘ … ’ ) in a procedure of declaration of enforceability of an authentic instrument,]

• [F1 in Estonia, the ‘ maakohus ’ or the ‘ linnakohus ’,]

• in Greece, the ‘Μονομελές Πρωτοδικείο’,

• in Spain, the ‘Juzgado de Primera Instancia’,

• in France, the presiding judge of the ‘tribunal de grande instance’,

• in Ireland, the High Court,

• in Italy, the ‘Corte d'appello’,

• [F1 in Cyprus, the ‘ Επαρχιακό Δικαστήριο ’ or in the case of a maintenance judgment the ‘ Οικογενειακό Δικαστήριο ’,

• in Latvia, the ‘ rajona (pilsētas) tiesa ’,

• in Lithuania, the ‘ Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas ’,]

• in Luxembourg, the presiding judge of the ‘tribunal d'arrondissement’,

• [F1 in Hungary, the ‘ megyei bíróság székhelyén működő helyi bíróság ’, and in Budapest the ‘ Budai Központi Kerületi Bíróság ’,

• in Malta, the ‘ Prim' Awla tal-Qorti Ċivili ’ or ‘ Qorti tal-Maġistrati ta' Għawdex fil-ġurisdizzjoni superjuri tagħha ’, or, in the case of a maintenance judgment, the ‘ Reġistratur tal-Qorti ’ on transmission by the ‘ Ministru responsabbli għall-Ġustizzja ’,]

• [F2 in the Netherlands, the ‘ voorzieningenrechter van de rechtbank ’,]

• in Austria, the ‘Bezirksgericht’,

• [F1 in Poland, the ‘ Sąd Okręgowy ’,]

• in Portugal, the ‘Tribunal de Comarca’,

• [F1 in Slovenia, the ‘ Okrajno sodišče ’,

• in Slovakia, the ‘ okresný súd ’ or ‘ exekútor ’,]

• in Finland, the ‘käräjäoikeus/tingsrätt’,

• in Sweden, the ‘Svea hovrätt’,

• in the United Kingdom:

  (a)

  in England and Wales, the High Court of Justice, or in the case of a maintenance judgment, the Magistrate's Court on transmission by the Secretary of State;

  (b)

  in Scotland, the Court of Session, or in the case of a maintenance judgment, the Sheriff Court on transmission by the Secretary of State;

  (c)

  in Northern Ireland, the High Court of Justice, or in the case of a maintenance judgment, the Magistrate's Court on transmission by the Secretary of State;

  (d)

  in Gibraltar, the Supreme Court of Gibraltar, or in the case of a maintenance judgment, the Magistrates' Court on transmission by the Attorney General of Gibraltar.

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded.

F2 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1496/2002 of 21 August 2002 amending Annex I (the rules of jurisdiction referred to in Article 3(2) and Article 4(2)) and Annex II (the list of competent courts and authorities) to Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgements in civil and commercial matters.