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Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 Article 28

Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 Article 28

Procedure

Article 28

1.   The application for a declaration of enforceability shall be accompanied by the following documents: (a) a copy of the decision which satisfies the conditions necessary to establish its authenticity; (b) an extract from the decision issued by the court of origin using the form set out in Annex II, without prejudice to Article 29; (c) where necessary, a transliteration or a translation of the content of the form referred to in point (b) into the official language of the Member State of enforcement 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 the application is made, in accordance with the law of that Member State, or into another language that the Member State concerned has indicated it can accept. Each Member State may indicate the official language or languages of the institutions of the European Union other than its own which it can accept for the completion of the form. 2.   The court or competent authority seised of the application may not require the claimant to provide a translation of the decision. However, a translation may be required in connection with an appeal under Articles 32 or 33. 3.   Any translation under this Article must be done by a person qualified to do translations in one of the Member States.

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