# ECS issuing authorities by country

## List of authorities empowered to issue the ECS by country

COUNTRY | Who issues the ECS?
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Belgium | notary
Bulgaria | absence of declaration by the state
Czech Republic | notary, district court
Germany | local court, notary in Baden-Württemberg
Estonia | notary
Greece | district civil court
Spain | Notary, court of first instance which heard the case
France | notary
Croatia | municipal court, notary
Italy | ordinary court where the land register is in force, notary otherwise
Cyprus | district court
Latvia | notary
Lithuania | notary
Luxembourg | notary
Hungary | district court, notary
Malta | civil court, notary
Netherlands | notary
Austria | notary, district court
absence of declaration by the state | absence of declaration by the state
| Swedish Tax Agency