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 5 – Languages accepted for completion of the forms
Article 6 – Means accepted for transmission of requests and other communications
Article 2 – Requested courts
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List of competent authorities
Article 3 – Central body
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
Ministry of Constitutional Affairs, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice (Bundesministerium für Verfassung, Reformen, Deregulierung und Justiz)
Museumstrasse 7,
1070 Vienna
Tel.: (43-1) 52 1 52 2147
Fax: (43-1) 52 1 52 2829
E-mail: Team.z@bmvrdj.gv.at
Article 5 – Languages accepted for completion of the forms
Forms may be completed in German or English.
Article 6 – Means accepted for transmission of requests and other communications
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
Ministry of Constitutional Affairs, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice (Bundesministerium für Verfassung, Reformen, Deregulierung und Justiz)
Museumstrasse 7,
1070 Vienna
Tel.: (43-1) 52 1 52 2147
Fax: (43-1) 52 1 52 2829
E-mail: Team.z@bmvrdj.gv.at
Article 21 – Agreements or arrangements to which Member States are parties and which comply with the conditions in Article 21(2)
There are currently no plans to maintain any bilateral agreements.
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Last update: 17/10/2018