European order for payment procedure

The EUROPEAN ORDER FOR PAYMENT PROCEDURE was born as a direct predecessor of the Draft Regulation on a European order for payment procedure is the Green Paper on a European order for payment procedure and on measures to simplify and speed up small claims litigation presented by the Commission on 20 December 2022.

We can say that the procedure is suitable for the recovery of claims that meet the following requirements, which can be found in Article 4 of the Regulation about EUROPEAN ORDER FOR PAYMENT PROCEDURE, and are as follows:

 Monetary (without limit of amount).

 Of a specific amount.

  Due and payable.

The currency accepted is the euro and the other official currencies of the EU countries not included in the euro zone, except Denmark.

It is a procedure that does not require evidence to initiate and continue with it, it is called "without evidence", although the evidence that will be used in the ordinary procedure in the event of opposition to the order for payment claim has to be described, so this evidence should be described.

The application for this procedure does not need to be initiated by a professional, but it is advisable. The European order for payment should be requested by filling in the standard form A, the model of which appears in Annex 1, and should be signed by the claimant or his representative, if applicable, and may be signed by electronic signature, but it must comply with the requirements of Article 2(2) of Directive 1999/93, and this signature must be recognised in the Member State of origin without the possibility of additional conditions being laid down.

The application shall have a minimum content, which is as follows:

a) Names and addresses of the parties; the court to which the application is addressed.

b) Amount of the debt and, where applicable, interest, penalties and costs.

c) If interest is claimed on the debt, the interest rate and the period for which interest is claimed, unless it is interest added ex officio by application of the law of the forum.

d) The cause of action and a brief description of the circumstances on which it is based and, where appropriate, the interest claimed.

e) Description of the means of proof of the debt (it is not necessary to provide them, the description is sufficient).

f) Criteria of jurisdiction.

g) Cross-border nature of the claim.

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