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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1784/article-15",
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  "legislation": "eur/2020/1784",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2020/1784 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (service of documents) (recast)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1784",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Costs of service",
  "text": "1. The service of judicial documents originating in a Member State shall not give rise to any obligation for the payment or reimbursement of taxes or costs for services rendered by the Member State addressed.\n2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the applicant shall pay or reimburse the costs of:\n(a) recourse to a judicial officer or to a person competent under the law of the Member State addressed;\n(b) the use of a particular method of service.\nMember States shall lay down a single fixed fee for recourse to a judicial officer or to a person competent under the law of the Member State addressed. That fee shall be in accordance with the principles of proportionality and non-discrimination. Member States shall communicate such fixed fees to the Commission.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/1784/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:19.754110+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."
}