Press Release: Cutting red tape: Savings of up to €48 million thanks to new rules for cross-border judgments

New rules as of 10 January 2015 enabled businesses and consumers to resolve cross-border legal disputes more easily and promised to bring savings of up to €48 million each year in the EU. The rules abolished the costly and lengthy procedure, which had been used 10,000 times per year to get judgments in civil and commercial matters recognised in other EU countries. Such cross-border judgments became automatically enforceable across the EU.

ESO: Background information: Ministers adopt Commission’s reform to cut red tape in cross-border court cases http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-ministers-adopt-commissions-reform-to-cut-red-tape-in-cross-border-court-cases/

European Commission: MEMO/12/875, 20.11.12: European Parliament backs rules to do away with 27 national rules for recognising judgements in cross-border court cases http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-12-875_en.htm

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