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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/541",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 8 April 2008 amending Decision 2001/781/EC adopting a manual of receiving agencies and a glossary of documents that may be served under Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (notified under document number C(2008) 1259) (2008/541/EC)",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 8 April 2008\namending Decision 2001/781/EC adopting a manual of receiving agencies and a glossary of documents that may be served under Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters\n(notified under document number C(2008) 1259)\n(2008/541/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the Economic Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters, and in particular point (a) of Article 17 thereof,\nAfter consulting the committee established by Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nIn order to implement Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 it was necessary to draw up and publish a manual containing information about the receiving agencies designated pursuant to Article 2 of that Regulation. That manual is in Annex I to Commission Decision 2001/781/EC of 25 September 2001 adopting a manual of receiving agencies and a glossary of documents that may be served under Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters.\n(2)\nFollowing modifications of the information communicated to the Commission pursuant to Article 2(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000, it is necessary to amend the manual.\n(3)\nDecision 2001/781/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 160, 30.6.2000, p. 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 298, 15.11.2001, p. 1. Decision as last amended by Decision 2007/500/EC (OJ L 185, 17.7.2007, p. 24)."
    }
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