- 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
None
Article 3(2) – Requested courts
Ordinary courts (tribunali ordinari)
Article 4 – Central body
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE (Ministero della Giustizia)
Department of Judicial Affairs (Dipartimento Affari di Giustizia)
Directorate-General for International Affairs and Judicial Cooperation (Direzione Generale degli Affari Internazionali e della Cooperazione Giudiziaria)
Office I – International Judicial Cooperation (Ufficio I – Cooperazione Giudiziaria Internazionale)
Tel.: +39 06.6885.2264
Email: cooperation.dginternazionale.dag@giustizia.it
Via Arenula, 70 - 00186 Rome
Article 6 – Languages accepted for completion of the forms
Italian or the language of the requesting State, if accompanied by a translation into Italian certified by a public authority or translator
Article 7 – Means accepted for transmission of requests and other communications
Ordinary mail
Article 19 – Central body or competent authority(ies) responsible for decisions on requests for direct taking of evidence
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
Department of Judicial Affairs
Directorate-General for International Affairs and Judicial Cooperation
Office I – International Judicial Cooperation
Tel.: +39 06.6885.2264
Email: cooperation.dginternazionale.dag@giustizia.it
Via Arenula, 70 - 00186 Rome
Article 29 – Agreements or arrangements to which Member States are parties and which comply with the conditions in Article 29(2)
Italy does not intend to use this option, as it considers the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 to be appropriate and sufficient
Article 31(4) – Notification on the early use of the decentralised IT-system
None currently
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