Judgment — ECLI:EU:C:2018:133
Date: 2018-02-28
Language of the case: Estonian
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Area of freedom, security and justice;Judicial cooperation in civil matters
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Estonia

Summary — Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber), 28 February 2018 Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Creation of a European Enforcement Order for uncontested claims — Regulation No 805/2004 — Enforcement orders which may be certified — Court decision served without indication of the address of the court to be used to contest the claim — Precluded (European Parliament and Council Directive 805/2004, Art. 17(a), 18(1)(b)) Article 17(a) and Article 18(1)(b) of 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 must be interpreted as meaning that a court judgment delivered without the debtor having been informed of the address of the court to which to respond or before which to appear, or, as appropriate, before which an appeal can be lodged against such a decision, cannot be certified as a European Enforcement Order. (see para. 39, operative part)