Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 of 28 May 2001 on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters
- In force
- CELEX number: 32001R1206
- Official Journal: JOL_2001_174_R_0001_01
- Form: Regulation
- Procedure number: 2000/0823(CNS), 2000/0823/CNS
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- bg
- cs
- da
- de
- el
- en
- et
- fi
- fr
- hr
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- it
- lv
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Dates
Date of document: - May 28, 2001
- June 27, 2001
- July 1, 2001
- Entry into force - See Art 24.1
- Partial application - See Art 24.2
- January 1, 2004
- Application - See Art 24.2
Modified by
Modified by:
- Règlement (CE) n o 1103/2008 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 22 octobre 2008 portant adaptation à la décision 1999/468/CE du Conseil de certains actes soumis à la procédure visée à l'article 251 du traité, en ce qui concerne la procédure de réglementation avec contrôle — Adaptation à la procédure de réglementation avec contrôle — Troisième partie - detail
Modifies
Affected by case
- Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 9 September 2021. « Toplofikatsia Sofia » EAD and Others. Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 20(2)(a) TFEU – Second paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 – Cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil and commercial matters – Article 1(1)(a) – Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 – Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – Article 5(1) – Outstanding debts – Legal decisions – Orders for payment – Service – Debtor residing at an unknown address in a Member State other than that of the court seised. Joined Cases C-208/20 and C-256/20.
- Order of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 8 September 2022. VP v KS. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Opolu. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court – Judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters – Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 – Taking of evidence – Written evidence of a person residing in a Member State other than the Member State of the court having jurisdiction – Possibility of having recourse to the means of taking evidence provided for by national law and not to that provided for by that regulation. Case C-188/22.
- A17
- A01
- Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 6 September 2012. Maurice Robert Josse Marie Ghislain Lippens and Others v Hendrikus Cornelis Kortekaas and Others. Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden. Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 — Cooperation in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters — Matters covered — Hearing by the court of a Member State of a witness who is a party in the main proceedings residing in another Member State — Possibility to summon a party as a witness before the competent court in accordance with the law of its Member State. Case C‑170/11.
- A01P1
- Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 21 February 2013. ProRail BV v Xpedys NV and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie. Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 — Cooperation in the taking of evidence in civil and commercial matters — Direct taking of evidence — Designation of an expert — Task carried out partly in the Member State of the referring court and partly in another Member State. Case C‑332/11.
- A17
- A01P1LB
- Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 February 2011. Artur Weryński v Mediatel 4B spółka z o.o.. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Sąd Rejonowy dla Warszawy Śródmieścia - Poland. Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Taking of evidence - Examination of a witness by the requested court upon application by the requesting court - Payment of witness expenses. Case C-283/09.
- A14
- A18
- Case C-283/09: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 February 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy Warszawa — Republic of Poland) — Artur Weryński v Mediatel 4B Spółka z o.o. (Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Taking of evidence — Examination of a witness by the requested court upon application by the requesting court — Payment of witness expenses)
- Case C-208/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 14 May 2020 — ‘Toplofikatsia Sofia’ EAD, ‘Chez Elektro Balgaria’ AD and ‘Agentsia za kontrol na prosrocheni zadalzhenia’ EOOD
- article 1 paragraph 1 point (a)
Legal basis
- Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version) Part Three: Community policies Title IV: Visas, asylum, immigration and other policies related to free movement of persons Article 67
- Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam consolidated version) Part Three: Community policies Title IV: Visas, asylum, immigration and other policies related to free movement of persons Article 61
EuroVoc Vocabulary
- Judicial cooperation
- Justice and home affairs
- European cooperation
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
- Commercial law
- Civil law
- EU Member State