Council Directive 2002/8/EC of 27 January 2003 to improve… Article 20
Council Directive 2002/8/EC of 27 January 2003 to improve… Article 20
Article 20
Relation with other instruments
This Directive shall, as between the Member States, and in relation to matters to which it applies, take precedence over provisions contained in bilateral and multilateral agreements concluded by Member States including:
(a) the European Agreement on the transmission of applications for legal aid, signed in Strasbourg on 27 January 1977, as amended by the additional Protocol to the European Agreement on the transmission of applications for legal aid, signed in Moscow in 2001;
(b) the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on International Access to Justice.
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