Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009Show full title

Article 20 Documents for the purposes of enforcement

1. For the purposes of enforcement of a decision in another Member State, the claimant shall provide the competent enforcement authorities with:

(a) a copy of the decision which satisfies the conditions necessary to establish its authenticity;

(b) the extract from the decision issued by the court of origin using the form set out in Annex I;

(c) where appropriate, a document showing the amount of any arrears and the date such amount was calculated;

(d) 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 competent authorities of the Member State of enforcement may not require the claimant to provide a translation of the decision. However, a translation may be required if the enforcement of the decision is challenged.

3. Any translation under this Article must be done by a person qualified to do translations in one of the Member States.