authoritymeans a public authority of a Member State, or an entity acting in an official capacity and authorised under national law to issue or receive a public document covered by this Regulation or a certified copy thereof;
central authoritymeans the authority or authorities which has or have been designated in accordance with Article 15 by the Member States to fulfil functions relating to the application of this Regulation;
certified copymeans a copy of an original public document which is signed and attested to be an accurate and complete reproduction of that original public document by an authority, empowered to do so under national law and of the same Member State that originally issued the public document.
legalisationmeans the formality for certifying the authenticity of a public office holder's signature, the capacity in which the person signing the document has acted and, where appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp which it bears;
other formalitiesmeans the requirement to provide certified copies and translations of public documents;
place of birthrefers to the name of the city, town, village, or hamlet and province in which the person was born.
place of deathrefers to the name of the city, town, village, or hamlet and province in which the person died.
place of the marriagerefers to the name of the city, town, village, or hamlet and province in which the marriage was celebrated.
place of the registration of the actrefers to the name of the city, town, village, or hamlet and province in which the act was registered.
similar formalitymeans the addition of the certificate provided for by the Apostille Convention;