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Practical Information:
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Forwarding authorities
(Art. 3(1)): |
a. the registries and parquets of the various civil, commercial and labour courts;
b. huissiers de justice of the Kingdom.
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Methods of service
(Art. 5(1)(2)): |
http://europa.eu.int (European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters – Service of documents) |
Translation requirements
(Art. 5(3)): |
In general a translation is not required; however, the Ministry of Justice may require a translation into French or Dutch in specific cases, notably at the request of the recipient. |
Costs relating to execution of the request for service
(Art. 12): |
Le Gouvernement belge croit devoir attirer l'attention sur le fait que toute demande de signification ou de notification fait en application de l'art. 5(1)(a) ou (b), donne lieu à l'intervention d'un huissier de justice et que les frais qui en résultent doivent être remboursés conformément à l'art. 12 de la Convention. See declarations.
http://europa.eu.int (European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters – Service of documents (question 8)).
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| Time for execution of request: |
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Judicial officers, officials or other competent persons
(Art. 10 (b)): |
Chambre nationale des Huissiers de Justice
Avenue Henri Jaspar 93
1060 Brussels
Belgium
tel.: +32 (2) 538 0092
fax: +32 (2) 539 4111
[email protected]
Website: http://www.huissiersdejustice.be/Index_fr.htm |
Oppositions and declarations
(Art. 21(2)): |
(Click here to read all the Belgian declarations and reservations under this Convention) |
| Art. 8(2): |
Opposition |
| Art. 10(a): |
No opposition |
| Art. 10(b): |
No opposition |
| Art. 10(c): |
No opposition |
| Art. 15(2): |
Declaration of applicability |
| Art. 16(3): |
Declaration of applicability |
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Derogatory channels (bilateral or multilateral agreements or internal law permitting other transmission channels)
(Arts. 11, 19, 24 and 25)
Disclaimer:
Information may not be complete or fully updated – please contact the relevant authorities to verify this information.
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Supplementary agreements to the Hague Convention of 17 July 1905 and/or of 1 March 1954 were concluded with: France (Paris, 1 March 1956 – Arts 1 to 4); Germany (Brussels, 25 April 1959 – in particular Arts 1 to 3); Luxembourg (Brussels, 11 and 19 March 1974 – Arts 1 to 3); the Netherlands (Brussels, 30 December 1937 and 7 February 1938).
Bilateral convention on judicial co-operation: United Kingdom (London, 21 June 1922 – Arts 2 to 7). This Convention also applies to the relations with Barbados and Malawi.
Council Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (Strasbourg, 13 November 2007) - European Judicial Atlas in Civil Matters
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| Useful links: |
www.just.fgov.be |
