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- FINDING COMPETENT COURTS/AUTHORITIES
- Article 3(1) – Transmitting agencies
- Article 3(2) – Receiving agencies
- Article 3(4)(c) – Means of receipt of documents
- Article 3(4)(d) – Languages that may be used for the completion of the standard form set out in Annex I
- Article 4 – Central body
- Article 7 – Assistance in address enquiries
- Article 8 – Transmission of documents
- Article 12 – Refusal to accept a document
- Article 13 – Date of service
- Article 14 – Certificate of service and copy of the document served
- Article 15 – Costs of service
- Article 17 – Service by diplomatic agents or consular officers
- Article 19 – Electronic service
- Article 20 – Direct service
- Article 22 – Defendant not entering an appearance
- Article 29 – Relationship with agreements or arrangements between Member States
- Article 33(2) – Notification on the early use of the decentralised IT-system
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FINDING COMPETENT COURTS/AUTHORITIES
The search tool below will help you to identify court(s)/authority(ies) competent for a specific European legal instrument. Please note that although every effort has been made to ascertain the accuracy of the results, there may be some exceptional cases concerning the determination of competence that are not necessarily covered.
Article 3(1) – Transmitting agencies
The Service, Enforcement and Non-payment Notice Offices (Uffici Notifiche Esecuzione Protesti, UNEP) at the courts of appeal (corti d’appello) and courts (tribunali) before which the dispute for which service is requested was brought.
Article 3(2) – Receiving agencies
UNEP at the Rome Court of Appeal (i.e. UNEP presso la Corte di appello di Roma)
Viale Giulio Cesare 52, 00192 Rome
Tel. +39 06328367058-7059
Email:attiesteri.unep.ca.roma@giustizia.it
Certified email: attiesteri.unep.roma@giustiziacert.it
Article 3(4)(c) – Means of receipt of documents
Post or email.
Article 3(4)(d) – Languages that may be used for the completion of the standard form set out in Annex I
Italian, English and French.
Article 4 – Central body
UNEP at the Rome Court of Appeal (i.e. UNEP presso la Corte di appello di Roma)
Viale Giulio Cesare 52, 00192 Rome
Tel. +39 06328367058-7059
Email: attiesteri.unep.ca.roma@giustizia.it
Certified email: attiesteri.unep.roma@giustiziacert.it
Article 7 – Assistance in address enquiries
For the purposes of Article 7(1), Italy provides assistance by naming the UNEP at the Rome Court of Appeal as the designated authority to which transmitting agencies may address requests about determining the address of the person to be served.
Viale Giulio Cesare 52, 00192 Rome
Tel: +39.06.328367058/7059
Email: attiesteri.unep.ca.roma@giustizia.it
Certified email: attiesteri.unep.roma@giustiziacert.it
The UNEP does not submit on its own initiative requests for information about addresses to domicile registries or other databases in cases where the address indicated in the request for service is not correct.
The information referred to in Article 7(1)(c) can be found under the corresponding point 4.2 on the e-Justice portal: Service: official transmission of legal documents
Article 8 – Transmission of documents
Italian, English and French.
Article 12 – Refusal to accept a document
No information submitted.
Article 13 – Date of service
No derogation invoked.
Article 14 – Certificate of service and copy of the document served
Italian, English and French.
Article 15 – Costs of service
For the time being, no fees are charged for the service of documents originating abroad other than those laid down for documents served, at the request of a party, within Italy.
Article 17 – Service by diplomatic agents or consular officers
Italy opposes the direct service of judicial documents by diplomatic or consular agents on persons residing in another Member State, except where the document is to be served on an Italian national residing in another Member State.
Italy opposes the service of judicial documents by the diplomatic or consular agents of a Member State on persons residing in Italy, except where the document is to be served on a national of the Member State in question.
Article 19 – Electronic service
No information submitted.
Article 20 – Direct service
Public officials.
Article 22 – Defendant not entering an appearance
Italy does not make any of the communications referred to in Article 22.
Article 29 – Relationship with agreements or arrangements between Member States
There are no agreements to be reported under Article 29.
Article 33(2) – Notification on the early use of the decentralised IT-system
Italy does not intend to submit the notification referred to in Article 33.
Last update:
04/09/2024
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