NB! Council Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 has been replaced by Regulation (EU) 2020/1784 of the European Parliament and of the Council as of 1 July 2022.
Notifications made under the new Regulation can be found here!
Article 2(1) – Transmitting agencies
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List of competent authorities
Article 2(2) – Receiving agencies
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List of competent authorities
Article 2(4)(c) – Means of receipt of documents
Means of receipt available:
- By post
- By other delivery services (e.g. by courier)
- By email
- By fax
Article 2(4)(d) – Languages that may be used for the completion of the standard form set out in Annex I
The form may be completed in German or English.
Article 3 – Central body
The central body is the Federal Ministry of Justice (Bundesministerium für Justiz).
Bundesministerium für Justiz
Museumstraße 7
1070 Vienna
Tel.: (43-1) 52152-2141
Fax: (43-1) 52152-2829
Email: team.z@bmj.gv.at
Languages: German and English.
Article 4 – Transmission of documents
Standard request forms (form in Annex I) may be completed in German or English.
Articles 8(3) and 9(2) – Particular periods set by national law for serving documents
As far as we can tell, there are currently no documents in Austrian law of the kind referred to in Articles 8(3) and 9(2).
Article 10 – Certificate of service and copy of the document served
Certificates (form in Annex I) may be completed in German or English.
Article 11 – Costs of service
No fixed fees apply.
Article 13 – Service by diplomatic or consular agents
Austria does not oppose service under Article 13(1).
Article 15 – Direct service
Service of judicial documents directly through the judicial officers, officials or other competent persons of the Member State addressed is not permitted under Austrian law.
Article 19 – Defendant not entering an appearance
Courts in Austria, notwithstanding paragraph 1, may give judgment if the conditions of paragraph 2 are met.
Austria does not propose to state a time-limit within the meaning of the last subparagraph of Article 19(4) for filing an application for relief from the effects of expiry of the time allowed for appeal.