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Article 2 – Requested courts
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List of competent authorities
Article 3 – Central body
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has been amended recently. The language version you are now viewing is currently being prepared by our translators.For the whole of Austria, the central body under Article 3(1) and the competent authority under Article 3(3) in conjunction with Article 17 of the Regulation is the
Bundesministerium für Justiz (Ministry of Justice)
Museumstrasse 7
1070 Vienna
Tel.: (43-1) 52 1 52 2147
Fax: (43-1) 52 1 52 2829
E-mail: team.z@bmj.gv.at
Article 5 – Languages accepted for completion of the forms
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has been amended recently. The language version you are now viewing is currently being prepared by our translators.Forms may be completed in German or English.
Article 6 – Means accepted for transmission of requests and other communications
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has been amended recently. The language version you are now viewing is currently being prepared by our translators.Requests may be submitted by post, courier service or fax.
Article 17 – Central body or competent authority(ies) responsible for decisions on requests for direct taking of evidence
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has been amended recently. The language version you are now viewing is currently being prepared by our translators.Bundesministerium für Justiz (Ministry of Justice)
Museumstrasse 7
1070 Vienna
Tel.: (43-1) 52 1 52 2147
Fax: (43-1) 52 1 52 2829
E-mail: team.z@bmj.gv.at
Article 21 – Agreements or arrangements to which Member States are parties and which comply with the conditions in Article 21(2)
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has been amended recently. The language version you are now viewing is currently being prepared by our translators.There are currently no plans to maintain any bilateral agreements.
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