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
In addition, a bailiff can act as an authority with regard to an official report (proces-verbaal van constatering).
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 a decentralised IT system . Other possible arrangements may be laid down by order in council (Article 4 of the Implementing Act on the Taking of Evidence (Uitvoeringswet Bewijsverkrijging).
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
Not relevant.