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Businesses across the EU are to benefit from a new European Order for Payment
procedure, already agreed at the European Parliament.
The change follows agreement among Member States at the Justice and Home Affairs
Council in December as part of the UK Presidency of the EU.
The Order for
Payment will make it easier to obtain judgments on uncontested claims by
providing a uniform EU wide procedure and ensuring that these judgments will be
automatically recognised throughout the EU.
Welcoming the vote agreeing the draft Regulation creating the Order, Civil
Justice Minister Baroness Ashton commented: “The Order for Payment has been at
the centre of our Presidency aim to develop civil justice issues and deliver for
Europe’s businesses and citizens.
"I am delighted that the Presidency and the Parliament have been able to reach
agreement today. Until now, it has been time-consuming and expensive to resolve
uncontested debts across EU borders.
"The Order for Payment will make it easier and speedier for individuals and
companies to recover those debts and so help the internal market grow further”.
Source:
RedAlert
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