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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-719/annex-II/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2006/719",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 5 October 2006 on the accession of the Community to the Hague Conference on Private International Law (2006/719/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-719",
  "path": "annex/II/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "The European Community has internal competence to adopt general and specific measures relating to private international law in various fields in its Member States. In respect of matters within the purview of the HCCH, the European Community notably has competence under Title IV of the EC Treaty to adopt measures in the field of judicial cooperation in civil matters having cross-border implications insofar as necessary for the proper functioning of the internal market (Articles 61(c) and 65 EC Treaty). Such measures include:",
  "text": "(a) improving and simplifying the system for cross-border service of judicial and extrajudicial documents; cooperation in the taking of evidence; the recognition and enforcement of decisions in civil and commercial cases, including decisions in extrajudicial cases;\n(b) promoting the compatibility of the rules applicable in the Member States concerning the conflict of laws and of jurisdiction;\n(c) eliminating obstacles to the good functioning of civil proceedings, if necessary by promoting the compatibility of the rules on civil procedure applicable in the Member States.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/719/annex/II/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:27.519040+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}