# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1804/2004

of 14 October 2004

amending the list of competent courts and redress procedures in Annexes I, II and III to Council Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and in matters of parental responsibility of both spouses

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 of 29 May 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and in matters of parental responsibility for children of both spouses [^1] , and in particular Article 44(1) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 provides that any interested party may request that a judgment issued in one Member State shall be recognised and declared enforceable in another Member State.

**(2)** Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 indicate which courts shall have jurisdiction in the Member States to deal with applications for a declaration of enforceability and with appeals against such decisions, and enumerate the redress procedures for such purpose.

**(3)** Annexes I, II and III were amended by the 2003 Act of Accession so as to include the list of competent courts and redress procedures of the acceding States.

**(4)** Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia and Slovakia have notified the Commission, pursuant to Article 44(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000, of amendments to the lists of courts and redress procedures set out in Annexes I, II and III.

**(5)** Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 is amended as follows:

| 1. | (a): the indent relating to Latvia is replaced by the following: ‘— in Latvia, the “rajona (pilsētas) tiesa”,’; — ‘— — in Latvia, the “rajona (pilsētas) tiesa”,’;<br>‘—: in Latvia, the “rajona (pilsētas) tiesa”,’; | (a) | ‘—: in Latvia, the “rajona (pilsētas) tiesa”,’; | ‘— | in Latvia, the “rajona (pilsētas) tiesa”,’; | (b) | ‘—: in Slovenia, the “okrožno sodišče”,’; | ‘— | in Slovenia, the “okrožno sodišče”,’; |
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| (a) | ‘—: in Latvia, the “rajona (pilsētas) tiesa”,’; | ‘— | in Latvia, the “rajona (pilsētas) tiesa”,’; |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| ‘— | in Latvia, the “rajona (pilsētas) tiesa”,’; |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| (b) | ‘—: in Slovenia, the “okrožno sodišče”,’; | ‘— | in Slovenia, the “okrožno sodišče”,’; |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| ‘— | in Slovenia, the “okrožno sodišče”,’; |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

| 2. | (a): the indent relating to Lithuania is replaced by the following: ‘— in Lithuania, the “Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas”,’; — ‘— — in Lithuania, the “Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas”,’;<br>‘—: in Lithuania, the “Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas”,’; | (a) | ‘—: in Lithuania, the “Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas”,’; | ‘— | in Lithuania, the “Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas”,’; | (b) | ‘—: in Slovenia, the “okrožno sodišče”,’; | ‘— | in Slovenia, the “okrožno sodišče”,’; | (c) | ‘—: in Slovakia, the “okresný súd”,’; | ‘— | in Slovakia, the “okresný súd”,’; |
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| (a) | ‘—: in Lithuania, the “Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas”,’; | ‘— | in Lithuania, the “Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas”,’; |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| ‘— | in Lithuania, the “Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas”,’; |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| (b) | ‘—: in Slovenia, the “okrožno sodišče”,’; | ‘— | in Slovenia, the “okrožno sodišče”,’; |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| ‘— | in Slovenia, the “okrožno sodišče”,’; |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| (c) | ‘—: in Slovakia, the “okresný súd”,’; | ‘— | in Slovakia, the “okresný súd”,’; |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| ‘— | in Slovakia, the “okresný súd”,’; |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

| 3. | (a): the indent relating to Lithuania is replaced by the following: ‘— in Lithuania, by an appeal in cassation to the “Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas”,’; — ‘— — in Lithuania, by an appeal in cassation to the “Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas”,’;<br>‘—: in Lithuania, by an appeal in cassation to the “Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas”,’; | (a) | ‘—: in Lithuania, by an appeal in cassation to the “Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas”,’; | ‘— | in Lithuania, by an appeal in cassation to the “Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas”,’; | (b) | ‘—: in Slovenia, by an appeal before the “Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije”,’; | ‘— | in Slovenia, by an appeal before the “Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije”,’; | (c) | ‘—: in Slovakia, by a “dovolanie”,’. | ‘— | in Slovakia, by a “dovolanie”,’. |
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| (a) | ‘—: in Lithuania, by an appeal in cassation to the “Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas”,’; | ‘— | in Lithuania, by an appeal in cassation to the “Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas”,’; |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| ‘— | in Lithuania, by an appeal in cassation to the “Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas”,’; |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| (b) | ‘—: in Slovenia, by an appeal before the “Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije”,’; | ‘— | in Slovenia, by an appeal before the “Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije”,’; |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| ‘— | in Slovenia, by an appeal before the “Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije”,’; |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| (c) | ‘—: in Slovakia, by a “dovolanie”,’. | ‘— | in Slovakia, by a “dovolanie”,’. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| ‘— | in Slovakia, by a “dovolanie”,’. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 14 October 2004. *For the Commission* António VITORINO *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 160, 30.6.2000, p. 19](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2000_160_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.