Judicial cooperation in civil matters is accomplished with the application of bilateral and multiIateraI international agreements as well as with the appIication of the european acquis.

The European Union with the intention of simplifying the lives of its citizens when facing cross country differences, the facilitation of access to justice when faced with civiI or commerciaI differences which have a crossborder consequence as wellI as the encouragement and strengthening of judicial cooperation mechanisms between member states in civil and commercial mattes, has created a European Judicial Network for civil and commercial matters- website https://e-justice.europa.eu/content_european_judicial_network_in_civil_and_commercial_matters-21-en.do?init=true

https://e-justice.europa.eu/content_european_judicial_atlas_in_civil_matters-321-en.do

European Small Claims Procedure EC 861/2007

Taking of Evidence of Civil and Commercial Matters EC 1206/2001

European Enforcement Order for uncontested claims EC 805/2004

European Order for Payment Procedure EC 1896/2006

European Account Preservation Order EC 655/2014

Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 on the European Account Preservation Order (EAPO) lets a court in one EU country freeze funds in the bank account of a debtor in another EU country. The procedure may be used in cross-border cases only, whereby the court carrying out the procedure or the country of domicile of the creditor must be in a different Member State than the one in which the debtor's account is maintained.

It makes EU debt recovery easier.

It applies from 18 January 2017.

The European e-Justice Portal provides you with information concerning the application of the Regulation and a user-friendly tool for filling in the forms.