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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
Notary (in matters of succession and payment order procedures), and the guardianship authority (procedures concerning parental responsibility).
Article 3(2) – Requested courts
Executing requests for legal assistance in respect of taking evidence falls within the jurisdiction and competence of the district court (in Budapest, the Central District Court of Buda (Budai Központi Kerületi Bíróság)) in whose area
(a) the person to be heard is domiciled or habitually resident in Hungary,
(b) the subject of the inspection falls, or
(c) taking evidence can be most practicably conducted, in particular where several persons to be heard are domiciled or habitually resident and/or where several subjects of the inspection fall within the jurisdiction of several courts.
Article 4 – Central body
The central body referred to in Article 4(1) shall be the Minister for Justice:
Ministry of Justice
Department of Private International Law (Nemzetközi Magánjogi Főosztály)
Address: Nádor utca 22., 1051 Budapest
Postal address: Pf. 2., 1357 Budapest
Tel.: +36 1 795 5397, 1 795 3188
Fax: +36 1 550 3946
Email: nmfo@im.gov.hu.
Article 6 – Languages accepted for completion of the forms
Hungarian, English and German are accepted.
Article 7 – Means accepted for transmission of requests and other communications
The forms may be sent to the court by post, fax or email.
Article 19 – Central body or competent authority(ies) responsible for decisions on requests for direct taking of evidence
The central body referred to in Article 4(3) and Article 19 shall be the Minister for Justice:
Ministry of Justice
Department of Private International Law (Nemzetközi Magánjogi Főosztály)
Address: Nádor utca 22., 1051 Budapest
Postal address: Pf. 2., 1357 Budapest
Tel.: +36 1 795 5397, 1 795 3188
Fax: +36 1 550 3946
Email: nmfo@im.gov.hu.
Article 29 – Agreements or arrangements to which Member States are parties and which comply with the conditions in Article 29(2)
Hungary has no such agreements with other Member States.
Article 31(4) – Notification on the early use of the decentralised IT-system
Not applicable.
Last update:
02/01/2024
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