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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.
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List of competent authorities
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List of competent authorities
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The form may be completed in German or English.
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@justiz.gv.at
Languages: German and English.
Standard request forms (form in Annex I) may be completed in German or English.
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).
Certificates (form in Annex I) may be completed in German or English.
No fixed fees apply.
Austria does not oppose service under Article 13(1).
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.
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.
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