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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
All ordinary courts of the Republic of Lithuania dealing with civil and commercial matters are competent to transmit documents to a foreign state in accordance with the Regulation.
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Article 3(2) – Receiving agencies
The body designated to receive requests from other Member States for the service of documents in accordance with Article 3(2) of the Regulation is the Lithuanian Chamber of Bailiffs.
Contact details of the Lithuanian Chamber of Bailiffs:
Address: Konstitucijos pr. 15, LT-09319 Vilnius, Lithuania
Telephone: +370 5 2750067, +370 5 2750068
E-mail: info@antstoliurumai.lt
Article 3(4)(c) – Means of receipt of documents
If transmission is not possible owing to the disruption of the decentralised IT system or exceptional circumstances, the receiving agency may accept documents by post.
Article 3(4)(d) – Languages that may be used for the completion of the standard form set out in Annex I
Apart from Lithuanian, the Republic of Lithuania will accept forms completed in English.
Article 4 – Central body
The central body for carrying out the functions specified in Article 4 of the Regulation is the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania.
Contact details of the Lithuanian Ministry of Justice:
Address: Gedimino pr. 30, LT-01104 Vilnius, Lithuania
Telephone: + 370 600 38 904
E-mail: rastine@tm.lt
Article 7 – Assistance in address enquiries
The body designated under Article 7(1)(a) of the Regulation to which transmitting agencies of other Member States may submit requests to establish the address of person to be served is the Chamber of Bailiffs of Lithuania.
Contact details of the Lithuanian Chamber of Bailiffs:
Address: Konstitucijos pr. 15, LT-09319 Vilnius, Lithuania
Telephone: +370 5 2750067, +370 5 2750068
E-mail: info@antstoliurumai.lt
Article 8 – Transmission of documents
Apart from Lithuanian, the Republic of Lithuania will accept forms completed in English.
Article 12 – Refusal to accept a document
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Article 13 – Date of service
Lithuanian legislation does not lay down specific time limits for the service of documents.
Article 14 – Certificate of service and copy of the document served
The languages accepted in the Republic of Lithuania under Article 14(2) of the Regulation are Lithuanian and English.
Article 15 – Costs of service
The one-off fixed fee is €110.
This fee should be paid into the account of the receiving agency, the Lithuanian Chamber of Bailiffs.
Lithuanian Chamber of Bailiffs
Address: Konstitucijos pr. 15, Vilnius LT-09319, Lithuania
Bank: Luminor Bank AB, bank code 40100, SWIFT code AGBLLT2X, account number: LT92 4010 0424 0031 5815, Legal Entity Code 126198978.
Article 17 – Service by diplomatic agents or consular officers
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Article 19 – Electronic service
Not applicable.
Article 20 – Direct service
Direct service of judicial documents, as provided for in Article 20 of the Regulation, is not permitted in the Republic of Lithuania.
Article 22 – Defendant not entering an appearance
The courts of the Republic of Lithuania may give judgment even if no certificate of service or delivery of the document instituting the proceedings or equivalent document has been received, provided all the conditions laid down in Article 22(2) of the Regulation are met. In the cases provided for in Article 22(4) of the Regulation (except as provided in Article 22(5)), the defendant is entitled to file an application for an extension of a missed deadline for lodging an appeal. An application for an extension of a missed deadline for lodging an appeal will not be considered if more than one year has elapsed since the date of the judgment.
Article 29 – Relationship with agreements or arrangements between Member States
Lithuania has not concluded any agreements or arrangements with other Member States, as referred to in Article 29(2) of the Regulation, to expedite or further simplify the transmission of documents, nor does it have any drafts of such agreements or arrangements which it intends to adopt.
Article 33(2) – Notification on the early use of the decentralised IT-system
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Last update:
09/09/2022
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