By Raphaël MORENON
28 March 2025
html Are you the owner of a French SME with a German customer who hasn't paid his invoice for €12,000 for three months? Do you sell products online to Spanish consumers who are accumulating unpaid bills? A European order for payment could be the solution. The problem of cross-border debt collection Collecting a debt abroad has long been an obstacle course. Different procedures, language barriers, prohibitive costs... these obstacles have often led creditors to abandon their legal proceedings, particularly for small amounts. The European Union has come up with a response: the European order for payment. This procedure has been in existence since 2008 and considerably simplifies life for creditors in cross-border disputes. What is the European order for payment? The European order for payment (EOP) is a standardised procedure enabling creditors to recover uncontested pecuniary claims in cross-border disputes. It is governed...