Guidance on national procedures
The possibility for a citizen or an enterprise to undertake the enforcement of an enforceable title is a fundamental need for the proper functioning of the European judicial area.
More concretely, enforcement measures are intended to enable the creditor to apprehend the property constituting the assets of the debtor, when the debtor does not voluntarily comply with the enforceable title issued against him (whether it is a decision of justice, a notarial act …).
It is not easy for European companies and citizens to obtain enforcement of a judgement/another enforceable title in a different Member State than the one having issues it. This, even if its enforceability is recognized in the Member State of enforcement.
These difficulties are essential the result of the diversity of the enforcement procedures between the Member States, and the lack of knowledge of these procedures
