{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-606/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-606/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2013/606",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 606/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-606",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Legalisation and other similar formalities",
  "text": "No legalisation or other similar formality shall be required for documents issued in a participating Member State in the context of this Regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 15 substituted (E.W.N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Mutual Recognition of Protection Measures in Civil Matters (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/493), regs. 1(1), 5(11) (with reg. 1A) (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 6(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/606/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:33.759918+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."
}