Annex III

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The courts with which appeals referred to in Article 43 (2) may be lodged are the following:

— in Belgium,

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(a) as regards appeal by the defendant, the ‘tribunal de première instance’ or ‘rechtbank van eerste aanleg’ or ‘erstinstanzliche Gericht’,

(b) as regards appeal by the applicant, the ‘Cour d'appel’ or ‘hof van beroep’,

— in Bulgaria, the ‘Апелативен съд — София’,

— in the Czech Republic, the ‘okresní soudy’,

— in Denmark, the ‘landsret’,

— in Germany, the ‘Oberlandesgericht’,

— in Estonia, the ‘ringkonnakohus’,

— in Greece the ‘Εφετείο’,

— in Spain, the ‘Juzgado de Primera Instancia’ which issued the contested decision, with the appeal to be solved by the ‘Audiencia Provincial’,

— in France:

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(a) the ‘cour d'appel’ on decisions allowing the application,

(b) the presiding judge of the ‘tribunal de grande instance’, on decisions rejecting the application,

— in Croatia, ‘županijski sud’ through ‘općinski sud’ in civil matters and ‘Visoki trgovački sud Republike Hrvatske’ through ‘trgovački sud’ in commercial matters,

— in Ireland, the High Court,

— in Italy, the ‘corte d'appello’,

— in Cyprus, the ‘Επαρχιακό Δικαστήριο’ or in the case of a maintenance judgment the ‘Οικογενειακό Δικαστήριο’,

— in Latvia, the ‘apgabaltiesa’ via the ‘rajona (pilsētas) tiesa’,

— in Lithuania, the ‘Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas’,

— in Luxembourg, the ‘Cour supérieure de justice’ sitting as a court of civil appeal,

— in Hungary, the ‘törvényszék székhelyén működő járásbíróság’ (in Budapest, the ‘Budai Központi Kerületi Bíróság’); the appeal is adjudicated by the ‘törvényszék’ (in Budapest, the ‘Fővárosi Törvényszék’),

— in Malta, the ‘Qorti tal-Appell’ in accordance with the procedure laid down for appeals in the Kodiċi ta' Organizzazzjoni u Proċedura Ċivili — Kap.12 or in the case of a maintenance judgment by ‘ċitazzjoni’ before the ‘Prim' Awla tal-Qorti Ċivili jew il-Qorti tal-Maġistrati ta' Għawdex fil-ġurisdizzjoni superjuri tagħha'’,

— in the Netherlands, the ‘rechtbank’,

— in Austria, the ‘Landesgericht’ via the ‘Bezirksgericht’,

— in Poland, the ‘sąd apelacyjny’ via the ‘sąd okręgowy’,

— in Portugal, the ‘Tribunal da Relação’ is the competent court. The appeals are launched, in accordance with the national law in force, by way of a request addressed to the court which issued the contested decision,

— in Romania, the ‘Curte de Apel’,

— in Slovenia, the ‘okrožno sodišče’,

— in Slovakia, the court of appeal through the district court whose decision is being appealed,

— in Finland, the ‘hovioikeus/hovrätt’,

— in Sweden, the ‘Svea hovrätt’,

— in the United Kingdom:

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(a) in England and Wales, the High Court of Justice, or in the case of a maintenance judgment, the Family Court;

(b) in Scotland, the Court of Session, or in the case of a maintenance judgment, the Sheriff Court;

(c) in Northern Ireland, the High Court of Justice, or in the case of a maintenance judgment, the Magistrates' Court;

(d) in Gibraltar, the Supreme Court of Gibraltar, of in the case of a maintenance judgment, the Magistrates' Court.

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