Legal aid

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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.

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Article 14(2), second indent - Receiving and transmitting authorities' geographical areas of jurisdiction

The Federal Public Justice Service has territorial jurisdiction throughout the Kingdom.

Article 14(2), third indent - Available methods of receiving applications

Both the legal aid offices and the Federal Public Justice Service can receive applications by post.

Article 14(2), fourth indent - Languages that may be used for completion of the application

The Federal Public Justice Service can accept applications in Dutch, French and German. Applications in other languages will not be accepted.

Last update: 28/07/2022

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