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FINDING COMPETENT COURTS

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.

Article 71 1. (a) - Courts for application for a declaration of enforceability and courts for appeal against decisions on such applications

The district court situated at the seat of the regional court; in Budapest, Buda Central District Court. Appeals are handled by the regional courts or, in Budapest, by Budapest-Capital Regional Court.

Article 71 1. (b) - Redress procedure

Request for review by the Supreme Court (Curia), to be submitted to the court which issued the decision at first instance.

Article 71 1. (c) - Review procedure

The review procedure under Article 19 must be initiated at the district court acting at first instance, in accordance with the rules of retrial (Act III of 1952 on the Code of Civil Procedure, Chapter XIII, Sections 260-269).

Article 71 1. (d) - Central Authorities

Ministry of Justice of Hungary
1054 Budapest,
Kossuth tér 2-4,
Tel.: (36) 1 795 4846,
Fax: (36) 1 795 0463,
E-mail: nmfo@im.gov.hu

Article 71 1. (f) – Competent authorities for enforcement

In proceedings pursuant to Article 21(2), the district court situated at the seat of the regional court or, in Budapest, Buda Central District Court. In proceedings pursuant to Article 21(3), the district court in whose jurisdiction the court bailiff acting in the enforcement procedure is established.

Article 71 1. (g) - Accepted languages for translations of documents

Hungarian

Article 71 1. (h) - Languages accepted by Central Authorities for communication with other Central Authorities

(a) Forms for submitting an application: Hungarian

(b) Forms for submitting a request: Hungarian, English or German

Last update: 27/03/2017

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