Rules and legal instruments

Article 8 – Service via Diplomatic or Consular Agents

Section: Chapter I - Judicial Documents

Each Contracting State shall be free to effect service of judicial documents upon persons abroad, without application of any compulsion, directly through its diplomatic or consular agents. Any State may declare that it is opposed to such service within its territory, unless the document is to be served upon a national of the State in which the documents originate.