40The 1997 Convention did not define the concept of an ‘extrajudicial document’. However, the explanatory report on that convention, referred to in paragraph 6 above, stated in the commentary concerning Article 1 that the concept may be taken to cover documents drawn up by a public officer, for example a notarial deed or a writ, documents drawn up by Member States’ official authorities but also private documents ‘of a type or importance which require them to be transmitted and brought to the addressee’s attention by official procedure’.
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