Article 2
Composition 1. The Network shall be composed of: (a) contact points designated by the Member States, in accordance with paragraph 2; (b) central bodies and central authorities provided for in Community instruments, instruments of international law to which the Member States are parties or rules of domestic law in the area of judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters; (c) the liaison magistrates to whom Joint Action 96/277/JAI of 22 April 1996 concerning a framework for the exchange of liaison magistrates to improve judicial cooperation between the Member States of the European Union(7) applies, where they have responsibilities in cooperation in civil and commercial matters; (d) any other appropriate judicial or administrative authority with responsibilities for judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters whose membership of the Network is considered to be useful by the Member State to which it belongs. 2. Each Member State shall designate a contact point. Each Member State may, however, designate a limited number of other contact points if they consider this necessary on the basis of the existence of separate legal systems, the domestic distribution of jurisdiction, the tasks to be entrusted to the contact points or in order to associate judicial bodies that frequently deal with cross-border litigation directly with the activities of the contact points. Where a Member State designates several contact points, it shall ensure that appropriate coordination mechanisms apply between them. 3. The Member States shall identify the authorities mentioned at points (b) and (c) of paragraph 1. 4. The Member States shall designate the authorities mentioned at point (d) of paragraph 1. 5. The Member States shall notify the Commission, in accordance with Article 20, of the names and full addresses of the authorities referred to in paragraph 1, specifying: (a) the communication facilities available to them; (b) their knowledge of languages; and (c) where appropriate, their specific functions in the Network.