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PAGE CONTENTS
- 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
Click on the link below for a list of all the competent courts in the Netherlands in relation to this article.
https://www.rechtspraak.nl/Organisatie-en-contact/Organisatie/Rechtbanken
Article 3(2) – Requested courts
The name and address of the competent authority:
Rechtbank Den Haag (District Court, The Hague)
Prins Clauslaan 60, 2595 AJ The Hague
Postbus 20302, 2500 EH The Hague
Tel. 088 362 22 00
Article 4 – Central body
The name and address of the central body which will carry out the tasks in the Regulation:
Rechtbank Den Haag
Prins Clauslaan 60, 2595 AJ The Hague
Postbus 20302, 2500 EH The Hague
Tel. 088 362 22 00
Article 6 – Languages accepted for completion of the forms
The languages accepted with regard to the form referred to in Article 6 of the Regulation are English and Dutch.
Article 7 – Means accepted for transmission of requests and other communications
The means of transmission accepted by the Netherlands is by post. Other possible arrangements may be laid down by General Administrative Order.
Article 19 – Central body or competent authority(ies) responsible for decisions on requests for direct taking of evidence
The name and address of the competent authority;
Rechtbank Den Haag
Prins Clauslaan 60, 2595 AJ The Hague
Postbus 20302, 2500 EH The Hague
Tel. 088 362 22 00
Article 29 – Agreements or arrangements to which Member States are parties and which comply with the conditions in Article 29(2)
Not relevant.
Article 31(4) – Notification on the early use of the decentralised IT-system
To be determined
Last update:
13/05/2024
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