Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 of 18 December 2008 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and cooperation in matters relating to maintenance obligations
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Version Superseded: 31/12/2020
Point in time view as at 18/12/2008. This version of this provision has been superseded.
There are currently no known outstanding effects by UK legislation for Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009, Article 54.
1.Each Central Authority shall bear its own costs in applying this Regulation.
2.Central Authorities may not impose any charge on an applicant for the provision of their services under this Regulation save for exceptional costs arising from a request for a specific measure under Article 53.
For the purposes of this paragraph, costs relating to locating the debtor shall not be regarded as exceptional.
3.The requested Central Authority may not recover the costs of the services referred to in paragraph 2 without the prior consent of the applicant to the provision of those services at such cost.
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