# 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 9: Translation of documents

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

1. The transmitting agency to which the applicant has forwarded the document for transmission shall advise the applicant that the addressee may refuse to accept the document if it is not in one of the languages provided for in Article 12(1).
2. The applicant shall bear any costs of translation prior to the transmission of the document, without prejudice to any possible subsequent decisions by the court or competent authority on liability for such costs.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/1784/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1784/article-9
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