Transmission procedure
Article 8
1. Where the competent authority of the issuing State transmits the European protection order to the competent authority of the executing State, it shall do so by any means which leaves a written record so as to allow the competent authority of the executing State to establish its authenticity. All official communication shall also be made directly between those competent authorities. 2. If the competent authority of either the executing State or the issuing State is not known to the competent authority of the other State, the latter authority shall make all the relevant enquiries, including via the contact points of the European Judicial Network referred to in Council Decision 2008/976/JHA of 16 December 2008 on the European Judicial Network ( 9 ) , the National Member of Eurojust or the National System for the coordination of Eurojust of its State, in order to obtain the necessary information. 3. When an authority of the executing State which receives a European protection order has no competence to recognise it, that authority shall, ex officio , forward the European protection order to the competent authority and shall, without delay, inform the competent authority of the issuing State accordingly by any means which leaves a written record.