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Regulation (EU) 2020/1784 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EU) 2020/1784 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (service of documents) (recast)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 1.Scope

    2. Article 2.Definitions

    3. Article 3.Transmitting and receiving agencies

    4. Article 4.Central body

    5. Article 5.Means of communication to be used by transmitting agencies, receiving agencies and central bodies

    6. Article 6.Legal effects of electronic documents

    7. Article 7.Assistance in address enquiries

  3. CHAPTER II JUDICIAL DOCUMENTS

    1. SECTION 1 Transmission and service of judicial documents

      1. Article 8.Transmission of documents

      2. Article 9.Translation of documents

      3. Article 10.Receipt of documents by receiving agency

      4. Article 11.Service of documents

      5. Article 12.Refusal to accept a document

      6. Article 13.Date of service

      7. Article 14.Certificate of service and copy of the document served

      8. Article 15.Costs of service

    2. SECTION 2 Other means of transmission and service of judicial documents

      1. Article 16.Transmission by diplomatic or consular channels

      2. Article 17.Service by diplomatic agents or consular officers

      3. Article 18.Service by postal services

      4. Article 19.Electronic service

      5. Article 20.Direct service

  4. CHAPTER III EXTRAJUDICIAL DOCUMENTS

    1. Article 21.Transmission and service of extrajudicial documents

  5. CHAPTER IV FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 22.Defendant not entering an appearance

    2. Article 23.Amendment of Annex I

    3. Article 24.Exercise of the delegation

    4. Article 25.Adoption of implementing acts by the Commission

    5. Article 26.Committee procedure

    6. Article 27.Reference implementation software

    7. Article 28.Costs of the decentralised IT system

    8. Article 29.Relationship with agreements or arrangements between Member States

    9. Article 30.Legal aid

    10. Article 31.Protection of information transmitted

    11. Article 32.Respect for fundamental rights under Union law

    12. Article 33.Communication, publication and manual

    13. Article 34.Monitoring

    14. Article 35.Evaluation

    15. Article 36.Repeal

    16. Article 37.Entry into force and application

  6. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      1. FORM A

        1. 1. TRANSMITTING AGENCY

        2. 2. RECEIVING AGENCY

        3. 3. APPLICANT(S)

        4. 4. ADDRESSEE

        5. 5. METHOD OF SERVICE

        6. 6. DOCUMENT TO BE SERVED

        7. 7. LANGUAGE OF INFORMATION TO THE ADDRESSEE ABOUT THE RIGHT TO...

        8. 8. A COPY OF THE DOCUMENT TO BE RETURNED WITH THE...

        9. 9. REASONS FOR NOT TRANSMITTING THROUGH THE DECENTRALISED IT SYSTEM (Article...

      2. FORM B

        1. 1. TRANSMITTING AGENCY

        2. 2. REQUESTED AUTHORITY

        3. 3. ADDRESSEE

      3. FORM C

        1. 1. ADDRESSEE

      4. FORM D

        1. 1. DATE OF RECEIPT:

      5. FORM E

      6. FORM F

        1. 1. REASON FOR RETURN:

      7. FORM G

        1. 1. APPROPRIATE RECEIVING AGENCY

      8. FORM H

      9. FORM I

        1. 1. THE REQUEST WAS SENT BUT NO INFORMATION ON SERVICE OR...

        2. 2. TRANSMITTING AGENCY

        3. 3. RECEIVING AGENCY

        4. 4. ADDRESSEE

      10. FORM J

        1. 1. INFORMATION ON STATUS OF SERVICE OF DOCUMENT

      11. FORM K

        1. 1. COMPLETION OF SERVICE (Article 14)

        2. 2. INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 11(2) OF REGULATION (EU) 2020/1784...

        3. 3. REFUSAL OF DOCUMENT (Article 12(4) of Regulation (EU) 2020/1784)

        4. 4. REASON FOR NON-SERVICE OF DOCUMENT

      12. FORM L

        1. I. INFORMATION TO THE ADDRESSEE

        2. II. ADDRESS TO WHICH THE FORM SHOULD BE RETURNED:

        3. III. DECLARATION OF THE ADDRESSEE:

    2. ANNEX II

      Repealed Regulation with list of the successive amendments thereto

    3. ANNEX III

      CORRELATION TABLE

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