Civil cases

If you initiate legal proceedings, it is usually crucial to present evidence to the court in order to prove your claim.

If you are involved in a legal proceeding and you need to send and/or receive legal or extrajudicial documents, you can find national information on how to proceed here.

When you are involved in a civil dispute and think you may have to litigate, you must be aware that there is certain deadline for taking action.

Information on the current status to communicate electronically with national courts.

Any protection measures (restraining, barring or a similar protection order) granted by a national court can be enforced in another EU country.

European Union law can determine which court handles a case when both parties to a dispute initiate proceedings in different EU countries.

If a court has decided that someone must pay you an amount of money or undertake a particular action (judgment) and this has not happened or you have not received the money, you may want to ask the court to enforce the decision.