e-Evidence Regulation – Regulation (EU) 2023/1543 – Article 31 – Notifications to the Commission

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Article 31Notifications to the Commission

1. By 18 August 2025 each Member State shall notify the Commission of:

(a)
the authority or authorities which, in accordance with its national law, are competent in accordance with Article 4 to issue, validate or transmit European Production Orders and European Preservation Orders or the notifications thereof;
(b)
the authority or authorities which are competent to receive notifications pursuant to Article 8, and to enforce European Production Orders and European Preservation Orders on behalf of another Member State, in accordance with Article 16;
(c)
the authority or authorities which are competent to deal with reasoned objections by addressees in accordance with Article 17;
(d)
the languages accepted for the notification and the transmission of an EPOC, an EPOC-PR, a European Production Order or a European Preservation Order in the case of enforcement, in accordance with Article 27.

2. The Commission shall make the information received under this Article publicly available, either on a dedicated website or on the website of the European Judicial Network in criminal matters referred to in Article 9 of Council Decision 2008/976/JHA ⁽³³⁾.

Footnotes

(33) Council Decision 2008/976/JHA of 16 December 2008 on the European Judicial Network (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 130).

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Text as at 5 November 2026.

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