Paraguay - Central Authority & practical information

Central Authority:

Department of lnternational Legal Cooperation and Exhortations -Directorate of Legal Affairs - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Contact details:

Address: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Directorate of Legal Affairs
Department of lnternational Legal Cooperation and Exhortations
14 de Mayo y Palma No. 337 Piso 13
Asunción
Paraguay
Telephone: +595 21 4148097 +595 21 414061
Fax: -
E-mail: asuntoslegales@mre.gov.py
General website: www.mre.gov.py
Contact person: Esteban Aranda Filártiga - Director of Legal Affairs
Juana Núnez - Chief of lnternational Legal Cooperation and Exhortations
Languages spoken by staff: Spanish

 

Practical Information:

Forwarding authorities
(Art. 3(1)):
Central Authority (Ministry of Foreign Affairs}, Judicial authorities and those that have jurisdictional functions through the Directorate of lnternational Legal Assistance and Cooperation of the Supreme Court of Justice
Methods of service
(Art. 5(1)(2)):
According to Paraguayan legislation, documentation is sent in all cases through the judicial system
Translation requirements
(Art. 5(3)):
The Republic of Paraguay will not accept documents to be transmitted unless they are accompanied by an official translation into the Spanish language
Costs relating to execution of the request for service
(Art. 12):
lt has no cost
Time for execution of request: Paraguayan legislation does not establish a period of time
Judicial officers, officials or other competent persons
(Art. 10(b))
 
Oppositions and declarations
(Art. 21(2)):
Click here to read all the declarations made by Paraguay under the Service Convention.
Art. 8(2):  
Art. 10(a):  
Art. 10(b):  
Art. 10(c):  
Art. 15(2): Not applicable
Art. 16(3): Not applicable
Derogatory channels (bilateral or multilateral agreements or internal law permitting other transmission channels)
(Arts. 11, 19, 24 and 25)
Disclaimer:
Information may not be complete or fully updated – please contact the relevant authorities to verify this information.
Multilateral
- lnter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory (Panama City, 13 January 1975).
- Additional Protocol to the lnter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory (Montevideo, 8 May 1979) http://www.oas.org/
- Protocolo de Cooperación y Asistencia Jurisdiccional en Materia Civil, Comercial, Laboral y Administrativa (27/06/1992)
- Acuerdo Complementaria ai Protocolo de Cooperación y Asistencia Jurisdiccional en Mataria Civil, Laboral y Administrativa (MERCOSUR/CMC/DEC N° 5/97) (19/06/1997)
- Enmienda ai Protocolo de Cooperacíón y Asistencía Jurisdiccional en Materia Civil, Comercial, Laboral y Administrativa entre los Estados Partes dei MERCOSUR (05/07/2002)
- Acuerdo de Cooperación y Asistencia Jurisdiccional en Mataria Civil, Comercial, Laboral y Administrativa entre los Estados Partes dei Mercosur y la República de Bolívia y la República de Chile (05/0712002)
https://www.mre.gov.py/tratados/public_web/tratados.aspx
Useful links: ln constructíon
Competent authorities
(Arts 6, 9)
 
Other authorities
(Art. 18)
 

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