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1 . WHERE A MEMBER STATE REQUIRES OF ITS OWN NATIONALS PROOF OF GOOD REPUTE AND PROOF OF NO PREVIOUS BANKRUPTCY , OR PROOF OF EITHER OF THESE , THAT STATE SHALL ACCEPT AS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE IN RESPECT OF NATIONALS OF OTHER MEMBER STATES THE PRODUCTION OF AN EXTRACT FROM THE " JUDICIAL RECORD " OR , FAILING THIS , OF AN EQUIVALENT DOCUMENT ISSUED BY A COMPETENT JUDICIAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY IN THE MEMBER STATE OF ORIGIN OR THE MEMBER STATE WHENCE THE FOREIGN NATIONAL COMES SHOWING THAT THESE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET . 2 . WHERE THE MEMBER STATE OF ORIGIN OR THE MEMBER STATE WHENCE THE FOREIGN NATIONAL CONCERNED COMES DOES NOT ISSUE THE DOCUMENT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 , IT MAY BE REPLACED BY A DECLARATION ON OATH - OR IN STATES WHERE THERE IS NO PROVISION FOR DECLARATION ON OATH BY A SOLEMN DECLARATION - MADE BY THE PERSON CONCERNED BEFORE A COMPETENT JUDICIAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY OR , WHERE APPROPRIATE , A NOTARY IN THE MEMBER STATE OF ORIGIN OR THE MEMBER STATE WHENCE THAT PERSON COMES ; SUCH AUTHORITY OR NOTARY SHALL ISSUE A CERTIFICATE ATTESTING THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE DECLARATION ON OATH OR SOLEMN DECLARATION . THE DECLARATION IN RESPECT OF NO PREVIOUS BANKRUPTCY MAY ALSO BE MADE BEFORE A COMPETENT PROFESSIONAL OR TRADE BODY IN THE SAID COUNTRY . 3 . DOCUMENTS ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 MUST NOT BE PRODUCED MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER THEIR DATE OF ISSUE . 4 . MEMBER STATES SHALL , WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT OF 18 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF NOTIFICATION OF THIS DIRECTIVE , DESIGNATE THE AUTHORITIES AND BODIES COMPETENT TO ISSUE THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 SHALL FORTHWITH INFORM THE OTHER MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION THEREOF . WITHIN THE SAME TIME LIMIT , EACH MEMBER STATE SHALL ALSO INFORM THE OTHER MEMBER STATES AND THE COMMISSION OF THE AUTHORITIES OR BODIES TO WHICH THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THIS ARTICLE ARE TO BE SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION TO CARRY ON IN THE TERRITORY OF THIS MEMBER STATE THE ACTIVITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 . TITLE V FINAL PROVISIONS

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-29 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.