32In that regard, it is important not only to ensure that the addressee of a document actually receives the document in question, but also that he is able to know and understand effectively and completely the meaning and scope of the action brought against him abroad, so as to be able effectively to assert his rights in the Member State of transmission (see, to that effect, judgment in Alder, C‑325/11, EU:C:2012:824, paragraphs 36 and 41, and, by analogy as regards Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (OJ 2000 L 160, p. 37), which preceded Regulation No 1393/2007, judgment in Weiss und Partner, C‑14/07, EU:C:2008:264, paragraphs 64 and 73).
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