Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 is amended as follows: Annex I...
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day...
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2245/2004
of 27 December 2004
amending Annexes I, II, III and IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters , and in particular Article 74 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 lists the rules of national jurisdiction. Annex II contains the lists of courts or competent authorities that have jurisdiction in the Member States to deal with applications for a declaration of enforceability. Annex III lists the courts for appeals against such decisions, and Annex IV enumerates the redress procedures for such purpose.
(2)
Annexes I, II, III and IV to Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 were amended by the 2003 Act of Accession so as to include the rules of national jurisdiction, the lists of courts or competent authorities and the redress procedures of the acceding States.
(3)
France, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia and Slovakia have notified the Commission of amendments to the lists set out in Annexes I, II, III and IV.
(4)
Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
OJ L 12, 16.1.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.