Poland - Central Authority & practical information
Central Authority:
Ministerstwo Sprawiedliwości (Ministry of Justice)
Departament Współpracy Międzynarodowej i Praw Człowieka (Department of International Cooperation and Human Rights)
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Address: | Ministry of Justice (Ministerstwo Sprawiedliwości) Departament Współpracy Międzynarodowej i Praw Człowieka Al. Ujazdowskie 11 00-950 Warsaw P.O. Box 33 Poland |
Telephone: | +48 22 2390 870 |
Fax: | +48 22 6280 949 |
E-mail: | sekretariat.dwmpc@ms.gov.pl |
General website: | https://www.gov.pl/web/sprawiedliwosc |
Contact person: | Mr Łukasz Kusiak Lukasz.Kusiak@ms.gov.pl +48 22 23 90 346 |
Languages spoken by staff: | Polish, English, Russian |
Practical Information: |
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Forwarding authorities (Art. 3(1)): |
The courts. |
Methods of service (Art. 5(1)(2)): |
Formal Service (Art. 5 (1)(a)) Informal delivery (Art. 5(2)) Service by a particular method (Art. 5(1)(b)) For more information on methods of service, see European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters – Service of documents – Poland. |
Translation requirements (Art. 5(3)): |
The document, which is to be served under Article 5(1) of the Convention, should be generally translated into Polish. According to Article 1132(2) of the Polish Code Civil Procedure, if a court or other authority of a foreign state applies to a Polish court for the service of document on a person staying in Poland, without attaching a translation of the document into Polish, the document is served on the addressee if he chooses to accept it. The only exception is provided by Agreement of 5 July 1987 between Poland and China, which allows enclosing a translation of judicial documents into English. However in practice, documents from China which are delivered to a Polish authority with translation into English should be translated into Polish by the Central Authority or by the competent regional court. |
Costs relating to execution of the request for service (Art. 12): |
The costs include the postage, which is not regained by the courts. |
Time for execution of request: | Two to three months |
Judicial officers, officials or other competent persons (Art. 10(b)) |
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Oppositions and declarations (Art. 21(2)): |
Click here to read all the declarations made by this State under the Service Convention. |
Art. 8(2): | Opposition |
Art. 10(a): | Opposition |
Art. 10(b): | Opposition |
Art. 10(c): | Opposition |
Art. 15(2): | No declaration of applicability |
Art. 16(3): | No declaration of applicability |
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. |
Bilateral conventions on judicial co-operation: Belarus, Bulgaria, China (People’s Republic of), Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Russian Federation, Turkey and Ukraine. 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 – Service of Documents). |
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Competent authorities (Arts 6, 9) |
Art. 6: See here. Art. 9: See here. |
Other authorities (Art. 18) |
See here. |
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