The european parliament and the council of the european union

RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT 

SECTION 1

 

Recognition 

Article 36 

1. A 

judgment 

given 

in 

a 

Member 

State 

shall 

be 

recognised 

in the other Member States without any special procedure being 

required. 

2.  Any interested party may, in accordance with the 

procedure provided for in Subsection 2 of Section 3, apply 

for a decision that there are no grounds for refusal of recog­

nition as referred to in Article 45. 

3.  If the outcome of proceedings in a court of a Member 

State depends on the determination of an incidental question of 

refusal of recognition, that court shall have jurisdiction over that 

question. 

Article 37 

1. A 

party 

who 

wishes 

to 

invoke 

in 

a 

Member 

State 

a 

judgment given in another Member State shall produce: 

(a) a copy of the judgment which satisfies the conditions 

necessary to establish its authenticity; and 

(b) the certificate issued pursuant to Article 53. 

2. The 

court 

or 

authority 

before 

which 

a 

judgment 

given 

in 

another Member State is invoked may, where necessary, require 

the party invoking it to provide, in accordance with Article 57, 

a translation or a transliteration of the contents of the certificate 

referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1. The court or authority 

may require the party to provide a translation of the judgment 

instead of a translation of the contents of the certificate if it is 

unable to proceed without such a translation. 

Article 38 

The court or authority before which a judgment given in 

another Member State is invoked may suspend the proceedings, 

in whole or in part, if: 

(a)  the judgment is challenged in the Member State of origin; or 

(b) an application has been submitted for a decision that there 

are no grounds for refusal of recognition as referred to in 

Article 45 or for a decision that the recognition is to be 

refused on the basis of one of those grounds.

 

SECTION 2

 

Enforcement 

Article 39 

A judgment given in a Member State which is enforceable in 

that Member State shall be enforceable in the other Member 

States without any declaration of enforceability being required. 

Article 40 

An enforceable judgment shall carry with it by operation of law 

the power to proceed to any protective measures which exist 

under the law of the Member State addressed. 

Article 41 

1. Subject 

to 

the 

provisions 

of 

this 

Section, 

the 

procedure 

for 

the enforcement of judgments given in another Member State 

shall be governed by the law of the Member State addressed. A 

judgment given in a Member State which is enforceable in the 

Member State addressed shall be enforced there under the same 

conditions as a judgment given in the Member State addressed. 

2. Notwithstanding 

paragraph 

1, 

the 

grounds 

for 

refusal 

or 

of suspension of enforcement under the law of the Member 

State addressed shall apply in so far as they are not incom­

patible with the grounds referred to in Article 45. 

3. The 

party 

seeking 

the 

enforcement 

of 

a 

judgment 

given 

in 

another Member State shall not be required to have a postal 

address in the Member State addressed. Nor shall that party be 

required to have an authorised representative in the Member 

State addressed unless such a representative is mandatory irre­

spective of the nationality or the domicile of the parties. 

Article 42 

1. For 

the 

purposes 

of 

enforcement 

in 

a 

Member 

State 

of 

a 

judgment given in another Member State, the applicant shall 

provide the competent enforcement authority with: 

(a) a copy of the judgment which satisfies the conditions 

necessary to establish its authenticity; and 

(b) the certificate issued pursuant to Article 53, certifying that 

the judgment is enforceable and containing an extract of the 

judgment as well as, where appropriate, relevant 

information on the recoverable costs of the proceedings 

and the calculation of interest.

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2.  For the purposes of enforcement in a Member State of a 

judgment given in another Member State ordering a provisional, 

including a protective, measure, the applicant shall provide the 

competent enforcement authority with: 

(a) a copy of the judgment which satisfies the conditions 

necessary to establish its authenticity; 

(b) the certificate issued pursuant to Article 53, containing a 

description of the measure and certifying that: 

(i) the court has jurisdiction as to the substance of the 

matter; 

(ii) the judgment is enforceable in the Member State of 

origin; and 

(c)  where the measure was ordered without the defendant being 

summoned to appear, proof of service of the judgment. 

3. The competent enforcement authority may, where 

necessary, require the applicant to provide, in accordance with 

Article 57, a translation or a transliteration of the contents of 

the certificate. 

4. The 

competent 

enforcement 

authority 

may 

require 

the 

applicant to provide a translation of the judgment only if it is 

unable to proceed without such a translation. 

Article 43 

1.  Where enforcement is sought of a judgment given in 

another Member State, the certificate issued pursuant to 

Article 53 shall be served on the person against whom the 

enforcement is sought prior to the first enforcement measure. 

The certificate shall be accompanied by the judgment, if not 

already served on that person. 

2. Where 

the 

person 

against 

whom 

enforcement 

is 

sought 

is 

domiciled in a Member State other than the Member State of 

origin, he may request a translation of the judgment in order to 

contest the enforcement if the judgment is not written in or 

accompanied by a translation into either of the following 

languages: 

(a) a language which he understands; or 

(b) the official language of the Member State in which he is 

domiciled or, where there are several official languages in 

that Member State, the official language or one of the 

official languages of the place where he is domiciled. 

Where a translation of the judgment is requested under the first 

subparagraph, no measures of enforcement may be taken other 

than protective measures until that translation has been 

provided to the person against whom enforcement is sought. 

This paragraph shall not apply if the judgment has already been 

served on the person against whom enforcement is sought in 

one of the languages referred to in the first subparagraph or is 

accompanied by a translation into one of those languages. 

3. This 

Article 

shall 

not 

apply 

to 

the 

enforcement 

of 

a 

protective measure in a judgment or where the person 

seeking enforcement proceeds to protective measures in 

accordance with Article 40. 

Article 44 

1. In 

the 

event 

of 

an 

application 

for 

refusal 

of 

enforcement 

of a judgment pursuant to Subsection 2 of Section 3, the court 

in the Member State addressed may, on the application of the 

person against whom enforcement is sought: 

(a) limit the enforcement proceedings to protective measures; 

(b) make enforcement conditional on the provision of such 

security as it shall determine; or 

(c) suspend,  either  wholly  or  in  part,  the  enforcement 

proceedings. 

2. The 

competent 

authority 

in 

the 

Member 

State 

addressed 

shall, on the application of the person against whom 

enforcement is sought, suspend the enforcement proceedings 

where the enforceability of the judgment is suspended in the 

Member State of origin.

 

SECTION 3

 

Refusal of recognition and enforcement 

S u b s e c t i o n  1 

R e f u s a l  o f  r e c o g n i t i o n 

Article 45 

1.  On the application of any interested party, the recognition 

of a judgment shall be refused: 

(a) if such recognition is manifestly contrary to public policy 

(ordre public) in the Member State addressed; 

(b) where the judgment was given in default of appearance, if 

the defendant was not served with the document which 

instituted the proceedings or with an equivalent document 

in sufficient time and in such a way as to enable him to 

arrange for his defence, unless the defendant failed to 

commence proceedings to challenge the judgment when it 

was possible for him to do so;

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(c) if the judgment is irreconcilable with a judgment given 

between the same parties in the Member State addressed; 

(d) if the judgment is irreconcilable with an earlier judgment 

given in another Member State or in a third State involving 

the same cause of action and between the same parties, 

provided that the earlier judgment fulfils the conditions 

necessary for its recognition in the Member State addressed; 

or 

(e) if the judgment conflicts with: 

(i)  Sections 3, 4 or 5 of Chapter II where the policyholder, 

the insured, a beneficiary of the insurance contract, the 

injured party, the consumer or the employee was the 

defendant; or 

(ii) Section 6 of Chapter II. 

2.  In its examination of the grounds of jurisdiction referred 

to in point (e) of paragraph 1, the court to which the appli­

cation was submitted shall be bound by the findings of fact on 

which the court of origin based its jurisdiction. 

3. Without 

prejudice 

to 

point 

(e) 

of 

paragraph 

1, 

the 

juris­

diction of the court of origin may not be reviewed. The test of 

public policy referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 may not be 

applied to the rules relating to jurisdiction. 

4. The 

application 

for 

refusal 

of 

recognition 

shall 

be 

made 

in 

accordance with the procedures provided for in Subsection 2 

and, where appropriate, Section 4. 

S u b s e c t i o n  2 

R e f u s a l  o f  e n f o r c e m e n t 

Article 46 

On the application of the person against whom enforcement is 

sought, the enforcement of a judgment shall be refused where 

one of the grounds referred to in Article 45 is found to exist. 

Article 47 

1. The 

application 

for 

refusal 

of 

enforcement 

shall 

be 

submitted to the court which the Member State concerned 

has communicated to the Commission pursuant to point (a) 

of Article 75 as the court to which the application is to be 

submitted. 

2. The 

procedure 

for 

refusal 

of 

enforcement 

shall, 

in 

so 

far 

as 

it is not covered by this Regulation, be governed by the law of 

the Member State addressed. 

3. The 

applicant 

shall 

provide 

the 

court 

with 

a 

copy 

of 

the 

judgment and, where necessary, a translation or transliteration 

of it. 

The court may dispense with the production of the documents 

referred to in the first subparagraph if it already possesses them 

or if it considers it unreasonable to require the applicant to 

provide them. In the latter case, the court may require the 

other party to provide those documents. 

4. The 

party 

seeking 

the 

refusal 

of 

enforcement 

of 

a 

judgment given in another Member State shall not be 

required to have a postal address in the Member State 

addressed. Nor shall that party be required to have an auth­

orised representative in the Member State addressed unless such 

a representative is mandatory irrespective of the nationality or 

the domicile of the parties. 

Article 48 

The court shall decide on the application for refusal of 

enforcement without delay. 

Article 49 

1. The 

decision 

on 

the 

application 

for 

refusal 

of 

enforcement 

may be appealed against by either party. 

2.  The appeal is to be lodged with the court which the 

Member State concerned has communicated to the Commission 

pursuant to point (b) of Article 75 as the court with which such 

an appeal is to be lodged. 

Article 50 

The decision given on the appeal may only be contested by an 

appeal where the courts with which any further appeal is to be 

lodged have been communicated by the Member State 

concerned to the Commission pursuant to point (c) of 

Article 75. 

Article 51 

1. The 

court 

to 

which 

an 

application 

for 

refusal 

of 

enforcement is submitted or the court which hears an appeal 

lodged under Article 49 or Article 50 may stay the proceedings 

if an ordinary appeal has been lodged against the judgment in 

the Member State of origin or if the time for such an appeal has 

not yet expired. In the latter case, the court may specify the 

time within which such an appeal is to be lodged. 

2. Where 

the 

judgment 

was 

given 

in 

Ireland, 

Cyprus 

or 

the 

United Kingdom, any form of appeal available in the Member 

State of origin shall be treated as an ordinary appeal for the 

purposes of paragraph 1.

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SECTION 4

 

Common provisions 

Article 52 

Under no circumstances may a judgment given in a Member 

State be reviewed as to its substance in the Member State 

addressed. 

Article 53 

The court of origin shall, at the request of any interested party, 

issue the certificate using the form set out in Annex I. 

Article 54 

1. 

If a judgment contains a measure or an order which is not 

known in the law of the Member State addressed, that measure 

or order shall, to the extent possible, be adapted to a measure 

or an order known in the law of that Member State which has 

equivalent effects attached to it and which pursues similar aims 

and interests. 

Such adaptation shall not result in effects going beyond those 

provided for in the law of the Member State of origin. 

2.  Any party may challenge the adaptation of the measure or 

order before a court. 

3.  If necessary, the party invoking the judgment or seeking 

its enforcement may be required to provide a translation or a 

transliteration of the judgment. 

Article 55 

A judgment given in a Member State which orders a payment 

by way of a penalty shall be enforceable in the Member State 

addressed only if the amount of the payment has been finally 

determined by the court of origin. 

Article 56 

No security, bond or deposit, however described, shall be 

required of a party who in one Member State applies for the 

enforcement of a judgment given in another Member State on 

the ground that he is a foreign national or that he is not 

domiciled or resident in the Member State addressed. 

Article 57 

1.  When a translation or a transliteration is required under 

this Regulation, such translation or transliteration shall be into 

the official language of the Member State concerned or, where 

there are several official languages in that Member State, into 

the official language or one of the official languages of court 

proceedings of the place where a judgment given in another 

Member State is invoked or an application is made, in 

accordance with the law of that Member State. 

2.  For the purposes of the forms referred to in Articles 53 

and 60, translations or transliterations may also be into any 

other official language or languages of the institutions of the 

Union that the Member State concerned has indicated it can 

accept. 

3. Any 

translation 

made 

under 

this 

Regulation 

shall 

be 

done 

by a person qualified to do translations in one of the Member 

States.

 

CHAPTER IV 

AUTHENTIC INSTRUMENTS AND COURT SETTLEMENTS

 

Article 58 

1. An 

authentic 

instrument 

which 

is 

enforceable 

in 

the 

Member State of origin shall be enforceable in the other 

Member States without any declaration of enforceability being 

required. Enforcement of the authentic instrument may be 

refused only if such enforcement is manifestly contrary to 

public policy (ordre public) in the Member State addressed. 

The provisions of Section 2, Subsection 2 of Section 3, and 

Section 4 of Chapter III shall apply as appropriate to authentic 

instruments. 

2. The 

authentic 

instrument 

produced 

must 

satisfy 

the 

conditions necessary to establish its authenticity in the 

Member State of origin. 

Article 59 

A court settlement which is enforceable in the Member State of 

origin shall be enforced in the other Member States under the 

same conditions as authentic instruments. 

Article 60 

The competent authority or court of the Member State of origin 

shall, at the request of any interested party, issue the certificate 

using the form set out in Annex II containing a summary of the 

enforceable obligation recorded in the authentic instrument or 

of the agreement between the parties recorded in the court 

settlement.

 

CHAPTER V 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Article 61 

No legalisation or other similar formality shall be required for 

documents issued in a Member State in the context of this 

Regulation.

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Article 62 

1. In 

order 

to 

determine 

whether 

a 

party 

is 

domiciled 

in 

the 

Member State whose courts are seised of a matter, the court 

shall apply its internal law. 

2.  If a party is not domiciled in the Member State whose 

courts are seised of the matter, then, in order to determine 

whether the party is domiciled in another Member State, the 

court shall apply the law of that Member State. 

Article 63 

1. For 

the 

purposes 

of 

this 

Regulation, 

a 

company 

or 

other 

legal person or association of natural or legal persons is 

domiciled at the place where it has its: 

(a) statutory seat; 

(b) central administration; or 

(c) principal place of business. 

2. For 

the 

purposes 

of 

Ireland, 

Cyprus 

and 

the 

United 

Kingdom, ‘statutory seat’ means the registered office or, where 

there is no such office anywhere, the place of incorporation or, 

where there is no such place anywhere, the place under the law 

of which the formation took place. 

3. In 

order 

to 

determine 

whether 

a 

trust 

is 

domiciled 

in 

the 

Member State whose courts are seised of the matter, the court 

shall apply its rules of private international law. 

Article 64 

Without prejudice to any more favourable provisions of 

national laws, persons domiciled in a Member State who are 

being prosecuted in the criminal courts of another Member 

State of which they are not nationals for an offence which 

was not intentionally committed may be defended by persons 

qualified to do so, even if they do not appear in person. 

However, the court seised of the matter may order appearance 

in person; in the case of failure to appear, a judgment given in 

the civil action without the person concerned having had the 

opportunity to arrange for his defence need not be recognised 

or enforced in the other Member States. 

Article 65 

1. The 

jurisdiction 

specified 

in 

point 

2 

of 

Article 

8 

and 

Article 13 in actions on a warranty or guarantee or in any 

other third-party proceedings may be resorted to in the Member 

States included in the list established by the Commission 

pursuant to point (b) of Article 76(1) and Article 76(2) only 

in so far as permitted under national law. A person domiciled in 

another Member State may be invited to join the proceedings 

before the courts of those Member States pursuant to the rules 

on third-party notice referred to in that list. 

2. 

Judgments given in a Member State by virtue of point 2 of 

Article 8 or Article 13 shall be recognised and enforced in 

accordance with Chapter III in any other Member State. Any 

effects which judgments given in the Member States included in 

the list referred to in paragraph 1 may have, in accordance with 

the law of those Member States, on third parties by application 

of paragraph 1 shall be recognised in all Member States. 

3. The 

Member 

States 

included 

in 

the 

list 

referred 

to 

in 

paragraph 1 shall, within the framework of the European 

Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters established 

by Council Decision 2001/470/EC (

 1

 ) (‘the European Judicial 

Network’) provide information on how to determine, in 

accordance with their national law, the effects of the 

judgments referred to in the second sentence of paragraph 2.

 

CHAPTER VI 

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

 

Article 66 

1. This 

Regulation 

shall 

apply 

only 

to 

legal 

proceedings 

insti­

tuted, to authentic instruments formally drawn up or registered 

and to court settlements approved or concluded on or after 

10 January 2015. 

2. Notwithstanding 

Article 

80, 

Regulation 

(EC) 

No 

44/2001 

shall continue to apply to judgments given in legal proceedings 

instituted, to authentic instruments formally drawn up or 

registered and to court settlements approved or concluded 

before 10 January 2015 which fall within the scope of that 

Regulation.

 

CHAPTER VII 

RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER INSTRUMENTS

 

Article 67 

This Regulation shall not prejudice the application of provisions 

governing jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of 

judgments in specific matters which are contained in 

instruments of the Union or in national legislation harmonised 

pursuant to such instruments.

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Article 68 

1. This 

Regulation 

shall, 

as 

between 

the 

Member 

States, 

supersede the 1968 Brussels Convention, except as regards 

the territories of the Member States which fall within the terri­

torial scope of that Convention and which are excluded from 

this Regulation pursuant to Article 355 of the TFEU. 

2. In 

so 

far 

as 

this 

Regulation 

replaces 

the 

provisions 

of 

the 

1968 Brussels Convention between the Member States, any 

reference to that Convention shall be understood as a 

reference to this Regulation. 

Article 69 

Subject to Articles 70 and 71, this Regulation shall, as between 

the Member States, supersede the conventions that cover the 

same matters as those to which this Regulation applies. In 

particular, the conventions included in the list established by 

the Commission pursuant to point (c) of Article 76(1) and 

Article 76(2) shall be superseded. 

Article 70 

1. The 

conventions 

referred 

to 

in 

Article 

69 

shall 

continue 

to 

have effect in relation to matters to which this Regulation does 

not apply. 

2. They 

shall 

continue 

to 

have 

effect 

in 

respect 

of 

judgments 

given, authentic instruments formally drawn up or registered 

and court settlements approved or concluded before the date 

of entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 44/2001. 

Article 71 

1. This 

Regulation 

shall 

not 

affect 

any 

conventions 

to 

which 

the Member States are parties and which, in relation to 

particular matters, govern jurisdiction or the recognition or 

enforcement of judgments. 

2. With 

a 

view 

to 

its 

uniform 

interpretation, 

paragraph 

1 

shall be applied in the following manner: 

(a)  this Regulation shall not prevent a court of a Member State 

which is party to a convention on a particular matter from 

assuming jurisdiction in accordance with that convention, 

even where the defendant is domiciled in another Member 

State which is not party to that convention. The court 

hearing the action shall, in any event, apply Article 28 of 

this Regulation; 

(b) judgments given in a Member State by a court in the 

exercise of jurisdiction provided for in a convention on a 

particular matter shall be recognised and enforced in the 

other Member States in accordance with this Regulation. 

Where a convention on a particular matter to which both the 

Member State of origin and the Member State addressed are 

parties lays down conditions for the recognition or enforcement 

of judgments, those conditions shall apply. In any event, the 

provisions of this Regulation on recognition and enforcement 

of judgments may be applied. 

Article 72 

This Regulation shall not affect agreements by which Member 

States, prior to the entry into force of Regulation (EC) 

No 44/2001,  undertook  pursuant  to  Article  59  of  the  1968 

Brussels Convention not to recognise judgments given, in 

particular in other Contracting States to that Convention, 

against defendants domiciled or habitually resident in a third 

State where, in cases provided for in Article 4 of that 

Convention, the judgment could only be founded on a 

ground of jurisdiction specified in the second paragraph of 

Article 3 of that Convention. 

Article 73 

1. This 

Regulation 

shall 

not 

affect 

the 

application 

of 

the 

2007 Lugano Convention. 

2. This 

Regulation 

shall 

not 

affect 

the 

application 

of 

the 

1958 New York Convention. 

3. This 

Regulation 

shall 

not 

affect 

the 

application 

of 

bilateral 

conventions and agreements between a third State and a 

Member State concluded before the date of entry into force 

of Regulation (EC) No 

44/2001 which concern matters 

governed by this Regulation.

 

CHAPTER VIII 

FINAL PROVISIONS

 

Article 74 

The Member States shall provide, within the framework of the 

European Judicial Network and with a view to making the 

information available to the public, a description of national 

rules and procedures concerning enforcement, including auth­

orities competent for enforcement, and information on any 

limitations on enforcement, in particular debtor protection 

rules and limitation or prescription periods. 

The Member States shall keep this information permanently 

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By 10 January 2014, the Member States shall communicate to 

the Commission: 

(a) the  courts  to  which  the  application  for  refusal  of 

enforcement is to be submitted pursuant to Article 47(1); 

(b)  the courts with which an appeal against the decision on the 

application for refusal of enforcement is to be lodged 

pursuant to Article 49(2); 

(c) the courts with which any further appeal is to be lodged 

pursuant to Article 50; and 

(d) the languages accepted for translations of the forms as 

referred to in Article 57(2). 

The Commission shall make the information publicly available 

through any appropriate means, in particular through the 

European Judicial Network. 

Article 76 

1. The 

Member 

States 

shall 

notify 

the 

Commission 

of: 

(a) the rules of jurisdiction referred to in Articles 5(2) and 6(2); 

(b) the rules on third-party notice referred to in Article 65; and 

(c) the conventions referred to in Article 69. 

2.  The Commission shall, on the basis of the notifications by 

the Member States referred to in paragraph 1, establish the 

corresponding lists. 

3. The 

Member 

States 

shall 

notify 

the 

Commission 

of 

any 

subsequent amendments required to be made to those lists. The 

Commission shall amend those lists accordingly. 

4. The Commission shall publish the lists and any 

subsequent amendments made to them in the Official Journal 

of the European Union. 

5. The 

Commission 

shall 

make 

all 

information 

notified 

pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 3 publicly available through 

any other appropriate means, in particular through the 

European Judicial Network. 

Article 77 

The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in 

accordance with Article 78 concerning the amendment of 

Annexes I and II. 

Article 78 

1. The 

power 

to 

adopt 

delegated 

acts 

is 

conferred 

on 

the 

Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 

2. 

The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 77 

shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate 

period of time from 9 January 2013. 

3. The 

delegation 

of 

power 

referred 

to 

in 

Article 

77 

may 

be 

revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the 

Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation 

of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the 

day following the publication of the decision in the Official 

Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified 

therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts 

already in force. 

4. As 

soon 

as 

it 

adopts 

a 

delegated 

act, 

the 

Commission 

shall 

notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the 

Council. 

5. A 

delegated 

act 

adopted 

pursuant 

to 

Article 

77 

shall 

enter 

into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the 

European Parliament or the Council within a period of two 

months of notification of that act to the European Parliament 

and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the 

European Parliament and the Council have both informed the 

Commission that they will not object. That period shall be 

extended by two months at the initiative of the European 

Parliament or of the Council. 

Article 79 

By 11 January 2022 the Commission shall present a report to 

the European Parliament, to the Council and to the European 

Economic and Social Committee on the application of this 

Regulation. That report shall include an evaluation of the 

possible need for a further extension of the rules on jurisdiction 

to defendants not domiciled in a Member State, taking into 

account the operation of this Regulation and possible devel­

opments at international level. Where appropriate, the report 

shall be accompanied by a proposal for amendment of this 

Regulation. 

Article 80 

This Regulation shall repeal Regulation (EC) No 44/2001. 

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as 

references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance 

with the correlation table set out in Annex III.

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Article 81 

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official 

Journal of the European Union. 

It shall apply from 10 January 2015, with the exception of Articles 75 and 76, which shall apply from 

10 January 2014. 

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in 

accordance with the Treaties. 

Done at Strasbourg, 12 December 2012. 

For the European Parliament 

The President

 

M. SCHULZ

 

For the Council 

The President

 

A. D. MAVROYIANNIS

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ANNEX III 

CORRELATION TABLE

 

Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 This 

Regulation

 

Article 1(1) Article 

1(1) 

Article 1(2), introductory words Article 

1(2), 

introductory 

words 

Article 1(2) point (a) Article 

1(2), 

points 

(a) 

and 

(f) 

Article 1(2), points (b) to (d) Article 

1(2), 

points 

(b) 

to 

(d) 

— Article 

1(2), 

point 

(e) 

Article 1(3) 

— 

— Article 

2 

Article 2 Article 

4 

Article 3 Article 

5 

Article 4 Article 

6 

Article 5, introductory words Article 

7, 

introductory 

words 

Article 5, point (1) Article 

7, 

point 

(1) 

Article 5, point (2) 

— 

Article 5, points (3) and (4) 

Article 7, points (2) and (3) 

— Article 

7, 

point 

(4) 

Article 5, points (5) to (7) Article 

7, 

points 

(5) 

to 

(7) 

Article 6 Article 

8 

Article 7 Article 

9 

Article 8 Article 

10 

Article 9 Article 

11 

Article 10 Article 

12 

Article 11 Article 

13 

Article 12 Article 

14 

Article 13 Article 

15 

Article 14 Article 

16 

Article 15 Article 

17 

Article 16 Article 

18 

Article 17 Article 

19 

Article 18 Article 

20 

Article 19, points (1) and (2) Article 

21(1) 

— Article 

21(2) 

Article 20 Article 

22 

Article 21 Article 

23 

Article 22 Article 

24 

Article 23(1) and (2) Article 

25(1) 

and 

(2)

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Article 23(3) 

— 

Article 23(4) and (5) Article 

25(3) 

and 

(4) 

— Article 

25(5) 

Article 24 Article 

26(1) 

— Article 

26(2) 

Article 25 Article 

27 

Article 26 Article 

28 

Article 27(1) Article 

29(1) 

— Article 

29(2) 

Article 27(2) Article 

29(3) 

Article 28 Article 

30 

Article 29 Article 

31(1) 

— Article 

31(2) 

— Article 

31(3) 

— Article 

31(4) 

Article 30 Article 

32(1), 

points 

(a) 

and 

(b) 

— Article 

32(1), 

second 

subparagraph 

— Article 

32(2) 

— Article 

33 

— Article 

34 

Article 31 Article 

35 

Article 32 Article 

2, 

point 

(a) 

Article 33 Article 

36 

— Article 

37 

— Article 

39 

— Article 

40 

— Article 

41 

— Article 

42 

— Article 

43 

— Article 

44 

Article 34 Article 

45(1), 

points 

(a) 

to 

(d) 

Article 35(1) Article 

45(1), 

point 

(e) 

Article 35(2) Article 

45(2) 

Article 35(3) Article 

45(3) 

— Article 

45(4) 

Article 36 Article 

52 

Article 37(1) Article 

38, 

point 

(a) 

Article 38 

—

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Article 39 

— 

Article 40 

— 

Article 41 

— 

Article 42 

— 

Article 43 

— 

Article 44 

— 

Article 45 

— 

Article 46 

— 

Article 47 

— 

Article 48 

— 

— Article 

46 

— Article 

47 

— Article 

48 

— Article 

49 

— Article 

50 

— Article 

51 

— Article 

54 

Article 49 Article 

55 

Article 50 

— 

Article 51 Article 

56 

Article 52 

— 

Article 53 

— 

Article 54 Article 

53 

Article 55(1) 

— 

Article 55(2) Article 

37(2), 

Article 

47(3) 

and 

Article 

57 

Article 56 Article 

61 

Article 57(1) Article 

58(1) 

Article 57(2) 

— 

Article 57(3) Article 

58(2) 

Article 57(4) Article 

60 

Article 58 Article 

59 

and 

Article 

60 

Article 59 Article 

62 

Article 60 Article 

63 

Article 61 Article 

64 

Article 62 Article 

3 

Article 63 

— 

Article 64 

— 

Article 65 Article 

65(1) 

and 

(2)

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— Article 

65(3) 

Article 66 Article 

66 

Article 67 Article 

67 

Article 68 Article 

68 

Article 69 Article 

69 

Article 70 Article 

70 

Article 71 Article 

71 

Article 72 Article 

72 

— Article 

73 

Article 73 Article 

79 

Article 74(1) Article 

75, 

first 

paragraph, 

points 

(a), 

(b) 

and 

(c), 

and 

Article 76(1), point (a) 

Article 74(2) Article 

77 

— Article 

78 

— Article 

80 

Article 75 

— 

Article 76 Article 

81 

Annex I Article 

76(1), 

point 

(a) 

Annex II Article 

75, 

point 

(a) 

Annex III Article 

75, 

point 

(b) 

Annex IV Article 

75, 

point 

(c) 

Annex V 

Annex I and Annex II 

Annex VI Annex 

II 

— Annex 

III

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Document Outline

• Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (recast)