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  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/263 of 16 January 2015 amending Annexes I to IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters",
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  "text": "ANNEX I\nRules of jurisdiction referred to in Article 3 (2) and Article 4 (2)\nin Bulgaria: Article 4, paragraph 1, point 2, of the Private International Law Code,\nin the Czech Republic: Act No 91/2012 on private international law, in particular, its Article 6,\nin Denmark: Article 246(2) and (3) of the Administration of Justice Act (lov om rettens pleje),\nin Germany: Article 23 of the code of civil procedure (Zivilprozeßordnung),\nin Estonia: Article 86 (jurisdiction at the location of property) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Tsiviilkohtumenetluse seadustik), insofar as the claim is unrelated to that property of the person; Article 100 (claim for termination of application of standard terms) of the Code of Civil Procedure, insofar as the action is to be lodged with the court in whose territorial jurisdiction the standard term was applied,\nin Greece: Article 40 of the code of civil procedure (Κώδικας Πολιτικής Δικονομίας),\nin France: Articles 14 and 15 of the civil code (Code civil),\nin Croatia: Article 54 of the Act on the Resolution of Conflicts of Laws with the Regulations of Other Countries in Specific Relations,\nin Ireland: the rules which enable jurisdiction to be founded on the document instituting the proceedings having been served on the defendant during his temporary presence in Ireland,\nin Italy: Articles 3 and 4 of Law 218 of 31 May 1995,\nin Cyprus: section 21(2) of the Courts of Justice Law No 14 of 1960, as amended,\nin Latvia: section 27 and paragraphs 3, 5, 6 and 9 of section 28 of the Civil Procedure Law (Civilprocesa likums),\nin Lithuania: Articles 783(3), 787 and 789(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Civilinio proceso kodeksas),\nin Luxembourg: Articles 14 and 15 of the civil code (Code civil),\nin Hungary: Article 57 of Law Decree No 13 of 1979 on International Private Law (a nemzetközi magánjogról szóló 1979. évi 13. törvényerejű rendelet),\nin Malta: Articles 742, 743 and 744 of the Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure — Cap. 12 (Kodiċi ta′ Organizzazzjoni u Proċedura Ċivili — Kap. 12) and Article 549 of the Commercial Code — Cap. 13 (Kodiċi tal-kummerċ — Kap. 13),\nin Austria: Article 99 of the Law on court Jurisdiction (Jurisdiktionsnorm),\nin Poland: Article 11037 point 4 and Article 1110 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Kodeks postępowania cywilnego) in so far as the latter establishes jurisdiction exclusively on the basis of one of the following circumstances: the applicant is a Polish citizen or has their habitual residence, domicile or registered office in Poland,\nin Portugal: Article 63(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Código de Processo Civil) in so far as it may encompass exorbitant grounds of jurisdiction, such as the courts for the place in which the branch, agency or other establishment is situated (if situated in Portugal) when the central administration (if situated in a foreign State) is the party sued and Article 10 of the Code of Labour Procedure (Código de Processo do Trabalho) in so far as it may encompass exorbitant grounds of jurisdiction, such as the courts for the place where the plaintiff is domiciled in proceedings relating to individual contracts of employment brought by the employee against the employer,\nin Romania: Articles 1065-1081 under Title I “International jurisdiction of Romanian courts” in Book VII “International civil procedure” of Act No 134/2010 on the Code of Civil Procedure,\nin Slovenia: Article 48(2) of the Private International Law and Procedure Act (Zakon o medarodnem zasebnem pravu in postopku) in relation to Article 47(2) of Civil Procedure Act (Zakon o pravdnem postopku) and Article 58 of the Private International Law and Procedure Act (Zakon o medarodnem zasebnem pravu in postopku) in relation to Article 59 of Civil Procedure Act (Zakon o pravdnem postopku),\nin Slovakia: Articles 37 to 37e of Act No 97/1963 on Private International Law and the Rules of Procedure relating thereto,\nin Finland: paragraphs 1 and 2 of Section 18(1) of Chapter 10 of the Code of Judicial Procedure (oikeudenkäymiskaari/rättegångsbalken),\nin Sweden: the first sentence of the first paragraph of Section 3 of Chapter 10 of the Code of Judicial Procedure (rättegångsbalken),\nin the United Kingdom: the rules which enable jurisdiction to be founded on:\n(a) the document instituting the proceedings having been served on the defendant during his temporary presence in the United Kingdom; or\n(b) the presence within the United Kingdom of property belonging to the defendant; or\n(c) the seizure by the plaintiff of property situated in the United Kingdom.\nANNEX II\nThe courts or competent authorities to which the application referred to in Article 39 may be submitted are the following:\nin Belgium, the “tribunal de première instance” or “rechtbank van eerste aanleg” or “erstinstanzliches Gericht”\nin Bulgaria, the “окръжния съд”,\nin the Czech Republic, the “okresní soudy”,\nin Denmark, the “byret”,\nin Germany,\n(a) the presiding judge of a chamber of the “Landgericht”,\n(b) a notary in a procedure of declaration of enforceability of an authentic instrument,\nin Estonia, the “maakohus” (county court),\nin Greece, the “Μονομελές Πρωτοδικείο”,\nin Spain, the “Juzgado de Primera Instancia”,\nin France:\n(a) the “greffier en chef du tribunal de grande instance”,\n(b) the “président de la chambre départementale des notaires” in the case of application for a declaration of enforceability of a notarial authentic instrument,\nin Croatia, the “općinski sudovi” in civil matters, the “Općinski građanski sud u Zagrebu” and the “trgovački sudovi” in commercial matters,\nin Ireland, the High Court,\nin Italy, the “corte d'appello”,\nin Cyprus, the “Επαρχιακό Δικαστήριο” or in the case of a maintenance judgment the “Οικογενειακό Δικαστήριο”,\nin Latvia, the “rajona (pilsētas) tiesa”,\nin Lithuania, the “Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas”,\nin Luxembourg, the presiding judge of the “tribunal d'arrondissement”,\nin Hungary, the “törvényszék székhelyén működő járásbíróság”, and in Budapest the “Budai Központi Kerületi Bíróság”,\nin Malta, the “Prim' Awla tal-Qorti Ċivili” or “Qorti tal-Maġistrati ta' Għawdex fil-ġurisdizzjoni superjuri tagħha”, or, in the case of a maintenance judgment, the “Reġistratur tal-Qorti” on transmission by the “Ministru responsabbli għall-Ġustizzja”,\nin the Netherlands, the “voorzieningenrechter van de rechtbank”,\nin Austria, the “Bezirksgericht”,\nin Poland, the “sąd okręgowy”,\nin Portugal, the “Tribunal de Comarca”,\nin Romania, the “Tribunal”,\nin Slovenia, the “okrožno sodišče”,\nin Slovakia, “okresný súd”,\nin Finland, the “käräjäoikeus/tingsrätt”,\nin Sweden, the “Svea hovrätt”,\nin the United Kingdom:\n(a) in England and Wales, the High Court of Justice, or in the case of a maintenance judgment, the Family Court on transmission by the Secretary of State;\n(b) in Scotland, the Court of Session, or in the case of a maintenance judgment, the Sheriff Court on transmission by the Scottish Ministers;\n(c) in Northern Ireland, the High Court of Justice, or in the case of a maintenance judgment, the Magistrates' Court on transmission by the Department of Justice;\n(d) in Gibraltar, the Supreme Court of Gibraltar, or in the case of a maintenance judgment, the Magistrates' Court on transmission by the Attorney General of Gibraltar.\nANNEX III\nThe courts with which appeals referred to in Article 43 (2) may be lodged are the following:\nin Belgium,\n(a) as regards appeal by the defendant, the “tribunal de première instance” or “rechtbank van eerste aanleg” or “erstinstanzliche Gericht”,\n(b) as regards appeal by the applicant, the “Cour d'appel” or “hof van beroep”,\nin Bulgaria, the “Апелативен съд — София”,\nin the Czech Republic, the “okresní soudy”,\nin Denmark, the “landsret”,\nin Germany, the “Oberlandesgericht”,\nin Estonia, the “ringkonnakohus”,\nin Greece the “Εφετείο”,\nin Spain, the “Juzgado de Primera Instancia” which issued the contested decision, with the appeal to be solved by the “Audiencia Provincial”,\nin France:\n(a) the “cour d'appel” on decisions allowing the application,\n(b) the presiding judge of the “tribunal de grande instance”, on decisions rejecting the application,\nin Croatia, “županijski sud” through “općinski sud” in civil matters and “Visoki trgovački sud Republike Hrvatske” through “trgovački sud” in commercial matters,\nin Ireland, the High Court,\nin Italy, the “corte d'appello”,\nin Cyprus, the “Επαρχιακό Δικαστήριο” or in the case of a maintenance judgment the “Οικογενειακό Δικαστήριο”,\nin Latvia, the “apgabaltiesa” via the “rajona (pilsētas) tiesa”,\nin Lithuania, the “Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas”,\nin Luxembourg, the “Cour supérieure de justice” sitting as a court of civil appeal,\nin Hungary, the “törvényszék székhelyén működő járásbíróság” (in Budapest, the “Budai Központi Kerületi Bíróság”); the appeal is adjudicated by the “törvényszék” (in Budapest, the “Fővárosi Törvényszék”),\nin Malta, the “Qorti tal-Appell” in accordance with the procedure laid down for appeals in the Kodiċi ta' Organizzazzjoni u Proċedura Ċivili — Kap.12 or in the case of a maintenance judgment by “ċitazzjoni” before the “Prim' Awla tal-Qorti Ċivili jew il-Qorti tal-Maġistrati ta' Għawdex fil-ġurisdizzjoni superjuri tagħha'”,\nin the Netherlands, the “rechtbank”,\nin Austria, the “Landesgericht” via the “Bezirksgericht”,\nin Poland, the “sąd apelacyjny” via the “sąd okręgowy”,\nin Portugal, the “Tribunal da Relação” is the competent court. The appeals are launched, in accordance with the national law in force, by way of a request addressed to the court which issued the contested decision,\nin Romania, the “Curte de Apel”,\nin Slovenia, the “okrožno sodišče”,\nin Slovakia, the court of appeal through the district court whose decision is being appealed,\nin Finland, the “hovioikeus/hovrätt”,\nin Sweden, the “Svea hovrätt”,\nin the United Kingdom:\n(a) in England and Wales, the High Court of Justice, or in the case of a maintenance judgment, the Family Court;\n(b) in Scotland, the Court of Session, or in the case of a maintenance judgment, the Sheriff Court;\n(c) in Northern Ireland, the High Court of Justice, or in the case of a maintenance judgment, the Magistrates' Court;\n(d) in Gibraltar, the Supreme Court of Gibraltar, of in the case of a maintenance judgment, the Magistrates' Court.\nANNEX IV\nThe appeals which may be lodged pursuant to Article 44 are the following:\nin Belgium, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, an appeal in cassation,\nin Bulgaria, “обжалване пред Върховния касационен съд”,\nin the Czech Republic, appellate review (“dovolání”), action to re-open proceedings (“žaloba na obnovu řízení”) and action in annulment (“žaloba pro zmatečnost”),\nin Denmark, an appeal to the “Højesteret” with leave from the “Procesbevillingsnævnet”,\nin Germany, a “Rechtsbeschwerde”,\nin Estonia, a “kassatsioonikaebus”,\nin Croatia, an appeal to the “Vrhovni sud Republike Hrvatske”,\nin Ireland, an appeal on a point of law to the Supreme Court,\nin Cyprus, an appeal to the Supreme Court,\nin Latvia, an appeal in cassation to the “Augstākās tiesas Senātā” via the “apgabaltiesā”,\nin Lithuania, an appeal in cassation to the “Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas”,\nin Hungary, “felülvizsgálati kérelem”,\nin Malta, no further appeal lies to any other court; in the case of a maintenance judgment the “Qorti tal-Appell” in accordance with the procedure laid down for appeal in the “kodiċi ta' Organizzazzjoni u Procedura Ċivili — Kap. 12”,\nin Austria, a “Revisionsrekurs”,\nin Poland, “skarga kasacyjna”,\nin Portugal, an appeal on a point of law,\nin Romania, a “recursul”,\nin Slovenia, an appeal to the “Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije”,\nin Slovakia, the “dovolanie”,\nin Finland, an appeal to the “korkein oikeus/högsta domstolen”,\nin Sweden, an appeal to the “Högsta domstolen”,\nin the United Kingdom, a single further appeal on a point of law.",
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