European Enforcement Orders

The European Enforcement Order is a certificate which accompanies a judgment, a court settlement or an authentic instrument and which allows this judgment, settlement or instrument to freely circulate in the European Union. As such, this certificate constitutes a 'European judicial passport' for decisions, settlements, and authentic instruments.

A European Enforcement Order is needed to enforce in a member state a judgment given, a court settlement approved by or concluded before a court or an authentic instrument drafted in another member state and which concerns an uncontested claim. When a European Enforcement Order is obtained, there is no need to obtain a declaration of enforceability in the member state where the enforcement of the judgment, court settlement or authentic instrument is sought.