CHAPTER IIIRECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT

SECTION 3Provisions common to Sections 1 and 2

Article 38Absence of documents

1

If the documents specified in Article 37(1)(b) or (2) are not produced, the court may specify a time for their production, accept equivalent documents or, if it considers that it has sufficient information before it, dispense with their production.

2

If the court so requires, a translation of such documents shall be furnished. The translation shall be certified by a person qualified to do so in one of the Member States.