European order for payment01/04/07 / cata_european-union-news

European order for payment procedure simplifies the procedure for recovery of uncontested civil and commercial claims (i.e. claims where there is no dispute over whether the pecuniary claim is based on sufficient merits of the case) between the Member States. The system introduced by Regulation (EC) No. 1896/2006 of 12 December creating a European order for payment procedure shall allow the enforcement of uncontested payments using an EU-wide standard procedure and avoid the necessity of dealing with unfamiliar legal procedures in foreign countries, since it shall be directly enforceable in all Member States (except for Denmark which opted out) with no further exequatur or procedure required. The Regulation comes into force on 12 December 2008.