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- FINDING COMPETENT COURTS/AUTHORITIES
- Article 2(1) – Authorities that can be considered as courts
- Article 3(2) – Requested courts
- Article 4 – Central body
- Article 6 – Languages accepted for completion of the forms
- Article 7 – Means accepted for transmission of requests and other communications
- Article 19 – Central body or competent authority(ies) responsible for decisions on requests for direct taking of evidence
- Article 29 – Agreements or arrangements to which Member States are parties and which comply with the conditions in Article 29(2)
- Article 31(4) – 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 2(1) – Authorities that can be considered as courts
Finland does not have such authorities.
Article 3(2) – Requested courts
Requests are received by the district courts.
Click on the below link to view all competent authorities related to this Article.
List of competent authorities
Article 4 – Central body
The Ministry of Justice is the central body as referred to in Article 4(1) of the Regulation. Its jurisdiction covers all of Finland. As central body, the Ministry of Justice is designated as the competent authority referred to in Article 4(3) of the Regulation responsible for taking decisions on requests made pursuant to Article 19. Its contact details are:
Visiting address:
Ministry of Justice
Eteläesplanadi 10,
FIN-00130 Helsinki
Postal address:
Ministry of Justice
PL 25
FIN-00023 Government
Tel.: (358-9) 16 06 76 28
Fax: Tel. (358-9) 16 06 75 24
Email address: central.authority.om(c)gov.fi ((c) should be replaced by @)
Article 6 – Languages accepted for completion of the forms
Languages accepted: Finnish, Swedish, English
Article 7 – Means accepted for transmission of requests and other communications
Requests may be submitted by post, fax or email.
Article 19 – Central body or competent authority(ies) responsible for decisions on requests for direct taking of evidence
Ministry of Justice
Visiting address:
Eteläesplanadi 10,
FIN-00130 Helsinki
Postal address:
PL 25
FIN-00023 Government
Tel: (358-9) 16 06 76 28
Fax: (358-9) 16 06 75 24
Email address: central.authority.om(c)gov.fi ((c) should be replaced by @)
Article 29 – Agreements or arrangements to which Member States are parties and which comply with the conditions in Article 29(2)
Not applicable.
Article 31(4) – Notification on the early use of the decentralised IT-system
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Last update:
08/12/2023
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