Alina OROSAN*

Abstract: This paper aims to analyze the communication of the procedural documents for judicial and administrative proceedings in a foreign State against the Romanian State. It will examine the relevant legal framework, the practice of the States, and the position of the Romanian authorities on this subject. Finally, it will provide some explanations as to the process by which the Romanian authorities reached their current position as well as to the way in which this position has been transmitted to third States hence becoming binding upon them in the sense that the Romanian authorities will deem incorrectly performed the summoning procedure against the Romanian State not complying with the notified procedure.

Key-words: procedural documents, litigation, diplomatic missions, consular missions, cultural institutes, privileges, immunities.

* Alina Orosan has an LLB degree from the Faculty of Law of the “Babeș-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca and an LLM degree in “Institutions and Regulations of the European Community”. Currently she is Director General for Legal Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The opinions expressed in this article are solely the author’s and do not engage the institution she belongs to.