S.L. 12.23 Art. 2Designation of Courtsforciviland commercial matters (excluding family matters).

(1) For the purpose of any rules of court made in terms of article 29 of the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure regarding the implementation of the Council Regulations referred to in sub-regulation (2), the courts mentioned in that sub-regulation are hereby being designated as the competent courts.

(2) The courts mentioned in sub-regulation (1) designated as the competent courts for the purpose of implementing the following Council Regulations are as follows:

(a) the Civil Court, First Hall and the Court of Magistrates

(Gozo) (General Jurisdiction Section) in its superior jurisdiction for the purpose of Regulation (EC) No 1393/ 2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (service of documents);

(b) the Civil Court, First Hall, the Civil Court (Family Section), the Court of Magistrates (Malta) and the Court of Magistrates (Gozo) sitting in its inferior jurisdiction and the Court of Magistrates (Gozo) (General Jurisdiction Section) sitting in its superior jurisdiction for the purposes of Council Regulation

(EC) No 1206/2001 of the 28 May 2001 on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters published in the Official Journal of the European Communities on 27 June 2001; and

(c) the Civil Court, First Hall, the Court of Magistrates

(Gozo) (General Jurisdiction Section) in its superior jurisdiction, the Court of Appeal, the Registrar, Civil Courts and Tribunals and the Registrar Gozo Courts and Tribunals for the purposes of Council Regulation

(EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters published in the Official Journal of the European Communities on 16 January 2001.