# 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), Article 17: Service by diplomatic agents or consular officers

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Each Member State may effect service of judicial documents on persons residing in another Member State, without the use of coercive measures, directly through its diplomatic agents or consular officers.
2. A Member State may communicate to the Commission that it is opposed to service of judicial documents, as referred to in paragraph 1, within its territory, unless the documents are to be served on nationals of the Member State in which the documents originate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/1784/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1784/article-17
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