Judicial cooperation in civil matters is accomplished with the application of bilateral and multiIateraI international agreements as well as with the appIication of the european acquis.
The European Union with the intention of simplifying the lives of its citizens when facing cross country differences, the facilitation of access to justice when faced with civiI or commerciaI differences which have a crossborder consequence as wellI as the encouragement and strengthening of judicial cooperation mechanisms between member states in civil and commercial mattes, has created a European Judicial Network for civil and commercial matters– website European e-justice Portal
Regulation (EC) 861/2007of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Claims Procedure seeks to improve and simplify procedures in civil and commercial matters where the value of a claim does not exceed 2000 €.
The Small Claims procedure operates on the basis of standard forms. It is a written procedure unless an oral hearing is considered necessary by the court.
The Regulation also establishes time limits for the parties and for the court in order to speed up litigation.
The Regulation provides for four standard forms.
The European e-Justice Portal provides information concerning the application of the Regulation and forms which can be filled-in on your computer and printed out.
Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 of 28 May 2001 on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters seeks to improve, simplify and accelerate cooperation between courts in the taking of evidence.
The Regulation provides for two ways of taking of evidence between Member States: taking of evidence through the requested court and the direct taking of evidence by the requesting court.
The Regulation provides for ten forms.
The European e-Justice Portal provides you with information concerning the application of the Regulation and a user-friendly tool for filling in the forms.
Regulation (EC) No 805/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 creating a European Enforcement Order for uncontested claims.
It dispenses, under certain conditions, with all intermediary measures in the Member State in which enforcement is sought that have been necessary so far for decisions delivered in another Member State in the verifiable absence of a dispute over the nature or extent of a debt. Those conditions mainly concern the service of documents in the case of judgments by default. Abolishing exequatur will enable creditors to obtain quick and efficient enforcement abroad without involving the courts in the Member State where enforcement is applied for in time-consuming and costly formalities.
The Regulation provides for six standard forms.
The European e-Justice Portal provides you with information concerning the application of the Regulation and a user-friendly tool for filling in the forms.
Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 creating a European order for payment procedure allows creditors to recover their uncontested civil and commercial claims according to a uniform procedure that operates on the basis of standard forms.
The procedure does not require presence before the court. The claimant only has to submit his application, after which the procedure will lead its own life. It does not require any further formalities or intervention on the part of the claimant.
The Regulation provides for seven standard forms.
The European e-Justice Portal provides you with information concerning the application of the Regulations and a user-friendly tool for filling in the forms.
Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 on the European Account Preservation Order (EAPO) lets a court in one EU country freeze funds in the bank account of a debtor inanother EU country. The procedure may be used in cross-border cases only, whereby the court carrying out the procedure or the country of domicile of the creditor must be in a different Member State than the one in which the debtor’s account is maintained.
It makes EU debt recovery easier.
It applies from 18 January 2017.
The European e-Justice Portal provides you with information concerning the application of the Regulation and a user-friendly tool for filling in the forms.
