1. In your legal system, are there acts which fall within the notion of an authentic instrument as defined in the European Union regulations?<br>[‘authentic instrument’ means a document which has been formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument in a Member State and the authenticity of which: <br>(I) relates to the signature and the content of the authentic instrument; and <br>(II) has been established by a public authority or other authority empowered for that purpose by the Member State of origin.]

Yes.

If so, what are they? Are these only notarial acts or also acts of other authorities?

All acts that are authenticated by a notary are authentic instruments.

According to Notaries Act § 53 point 1, the following officials and administrative agencies have the right to perform notarial acts instead of a notary:

1. consular officers under the conditions provided for in the Consular Act;
2. rural municipality and city secretaries, in the certification of copies and transcripts of documents and authentication of power of attorneys for the receipt of pensions, support payments and benefits and authentication of applications for the transfer of pensions and benefits into the bank account of another person;
3. public archives, in the certification of the authenticity of copies and transcripts of records and of record notices;
4. judges, assistant judges, heads of court offices, court archivists and land registry and registry secretaries, upon the certification of the authenticity of copies and transcripts of documents which are preserved in a court;
5. surveyors – upon certification of the authenticity of signature of the owner of an immovable on boundary reports and on the plan for the division, joining, alteration of boundaries and exchange of parts of an immovable;
   • persons entitled to perform reallocation – upon certification of the authenticity of signature of the parties to land consolidation and holders of limited real rights on the reallocation plan;
6. sworn translators, upon the certification of the correctness of translations of documents, and of the authenticity of copies;
7. directors of prisons, upon the certification of the authenticity of signatures of prisoners and persons held in custody, and at the request of a prisoner or a person held in custody, upon the certification of the authenticity of copies and transcripts of documents.