NB! Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 has been replaced by Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 of the European Parliament and of the Council as of 1 July 2022.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 – Requested courts
Click on the below link to view all competent authorities related to this Article.
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
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
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
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)
There are currently no plans to maintain any bilateral agreements.