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In this section you find country-specific factsheets helping you apply various European regulations.

Regulation 2016/1191 of 6 July 2016

Regulation (EU) 2016/1191 on promoting the free movement of citizens by simplifying the requirements for presenting certain public documents in the European Union and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (“IMI Regulation”), aims to introduce a system of simplification of administrative formalities for the circulation of certain public documents as well as certified copies and translations thereof.