European Small Claims and Payment Order Procedures Regulation

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Claims Procedure and Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 creating a European order for payment procedure

Stage: In force
In force: In force since 13 Jan 2016 · CELEX 32015R2421
Procedure: Regulation
Last activity: 16 Dec 2015

2 acts

Delegated and implementing acts beneath it

By status: 2 published.

Act	Kind	Status	Adoption
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1259	Delegated · Regulation	Published	19/06/2017
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1260	Delegated · Regulation	Published	19/06/2017

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This regulation modernizes the European Small Claims Procedure and European order for payment procedure, raising the small claims threshold from €2,000 to €5,000, enabling fully digital filing and service of documents, and expanding scope to most cross-border civil and commercial claims.

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