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Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 Subsection 3 — Certificate

Article 36–Article 37 · 2 articles

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Issuance of the certificate

Article 36

1.   The court of a Member State of origin as communicated to the Commission pursuant to Article 103 shall, upon application by a party, issue a certificate for: (a) a decision in matrimonial matters using the form set out in Annex II; (b) a decision in matters of parental responsibility using the form set out in Annex III; (c) a decision ordering the return of a child as referred to in point (a) of Article 2(1), and, where applicable, any provisional, including protective, measures ordered in accordance with Article 27(5) accompanying the decision using the form set out in Annex IV. 2.   The certificate shall be completed and issued in the language of the decision. The certificate may also be issued in another official language of the institutions of the European Union requested by the party. This does not create any obligation for the court issuing the certificate to provide a translation or transliteration of the translatable content of the free text fields. 3.   No challenge shall lie against the issuance of the certificate.

Rectification of the certificate

Article 37

1.   The court of a Member State of origin as communicated to the Commission pursuant to Article 103 shall, upon application, and may, of its own motion, rectify the certificate where, due to a material error or omission, there is a discrepancy between the decision to be enforced and the certificate. 2.   The law of the Member State of origin shall apply to the procedure for rectification of the certificate.

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