Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009Show full title

Article 71 Information on contact details and languages (modelled on Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2007)

1. By 18 September 2010, the Member States shall communicate to the Commission:

(a) the names and contact details of the courts or authorities with competence to deal with applications for a declaration of enforceability in accordance with Article 27(1) and with appeals against decisions on such applications in accordance with Article 32(2);

(b) the redress procedures referred to in Article 33;

(c) the review procedure for the purposes of Article 19 and the names and contact details of the courts having jurisdiction;

(d) the names and contact details of their Central Authorities and, where appropriate, the extent of their functions, in accordance with Article 49(3);

(e) the names and contact details of the public bodies or other bodies and, where appropriate, the extent of their functions, in accordance with Article 51(3);

(f) the names and contact details of the authorities with competence in matters of enforcement for the purposes of Article 21;

(g) the languages accepted for translations of the documents referred to in Articles 20, 28 and 40;

(h) the languages accepted by their Central Authorities for communication with other Central Authorities referred to in Article 59.

The Member States shall apprise the Commission of any subsequent changes to this information.

2. The Commission shall publish the information communicated in accordance with paragraph 1 in the Official Journal of the European Union, with the exception of the addresses and other contact details of the courts and authorities referred to in points (a), (c) and (f).

3. The Commission shall make all information communicated in accordance with paragraph 1 publicly available through any other appropriate means, in particular through the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters established by Decision 2001/470/EC.