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Cross-border enforcement

Enforcing a foreign judgment in Slovakia — and defending a foreign company against Slovak enforcement

You hold a judgment, a European order for payment or an arbitral award, and your debtor has assets in Slovakia. Where the enforcement title comes from a Member State of the European Union, there is no need to sue again in Slovakia or to apply for a declaration of enforceability — an application for enforcement is filed directly. And if the enforcement is directed against your company, you have 15 days from service of the notice of commencement of enforcement to file an application to stop the enforcement with suspensive effect.

We act for foreign companies in Slovak enforcement proceedings on both sides: as the creditor (oprávnený) enforcing in Slovakia a claim awarded by a foreign title, and as the debtor (povinný) against whom enforcement is being conducted in Slovakia or against whom a payment order (platobný rozkaz) has been issued. We advise exclusively on Slovak law; documents issued by the court of the State in which the title originated are obtained by the client in its own State, as a rule with its local lawyer, with whom we work together.

We work in English and Slovak and can run the whole matter remotely.

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Who we act for

Two sides of the same proceedings

This page is intended for foreign companies that are not familiar with Slovak law: creditors who already hold an enforcement title and need to have it enforced in Slovakia, and companies that have received a document from Slovakia with a short time limit.

A creditor holding a judgment or a European order for payment

You hold an enforceable judgment of a court of an EU Member State, a European order for payment or a European Enforcement Order, and the debtor has its registered office, a bank account, real estate or customers in Slovakia. Enforceability is not separately declared in Slovakia; an application for enforcement is filed directly.

A creditor holding an arbitral award

An arbitral award made outside Slovakia — in an EU Member State or outside the EU. It is recognised directly in the enforcement proceedings, without a separate decision on recognition; what matters is whether the documents are complete and whether the debtor proves one of the statutory grounds for refusal.

A company that has received a notice of commencement of enforcement or a Slovak payment order

The time limits are short — as a rule 15 days from service — and in enforcement proceedings a missed time limit is not excused. We need to know the date of service and to see everything that was served on you.

A company whose Slovak subsidiary is in a dispute

A Slovak limited liability company (s.r.o.) is a separate legal entity with its own official electronic mailbox (elektronická schránka), into which the Slovak courts serve documents. A document may be deemed served even if no one has opened it. We check the status of the proceedings and enforcements pending against the subsidiary and the time limits running in them.

What it rests on

What title you hold — and what follows from it in Slovakia

In Slovakia, the compulsory enforcement of decisions is governed by Act No. 233/1995 Coll. (the Enforcement Code — Exekučný poriadok). Enforcement is carried out not by the court but by an enforcement officer (súdny exekútor) — under Section 2(1) of the Act, a person designated and empowered by the State to carry out the compulsory enforcement of enforcement titles — whom the court authorises to carry out the enforcement. A single court, the District Court Banská Bystrica, has exclusive subject-matter jurisdiction over enforcement proceedings for the whole territory of Slovakia (Section 49). Under Section 45(2)(b), a foreign enforcement title enforceable in the Slovak Republic is also an enforcement title. What has to be attached to the application, and how the debtor can defend itself, depends on where the title comes from.

Judgment of a court of an EU Member State — no declaration of enforceability

Under Article 39 of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 (Brussels I bis), a judgment given in a Member State which is enforceable in that Member State is enforceable in the other Member States without any declaration of enforceability being required. Under Article 41(1), it is enforced in the Member State addressed under the same conditions as a judgment given in that State — in Slovakia, therefore, in enforcement proceedings. Under Article 2(a), a judgment is any judgment given by a court or tribunal of a Member State, whatever the judgment may be called. For the purposes of enforcement, the applicant provides under Article 42(1) a copy of the judgment which satisfies the conditions necessary to establish its authenticity, and the certificate issued pursuant to Article 53, certifying that the judgment is enforceable and containing an extract of the judgment as well as, where appropriate, relevant information on the recoverable costs of the proceedings and the calculation of interest. The certificate is issued by the court of origin, at the request of any interested party, using the form set out in Annex I to the Regulation (Article 53) — it is therefore requested in the State in which the judgment was given, not in Slovakia. The competent enforcement authority may, where necessary, require a translation or a transliteration of the contents of the certificate (Article 42(3)); it may require a translation of the judgment itself only if it is unable to proceed without such a translation (Article 42(4)). The translation is made into the official language of the Member State addressed, that is, into Slovak (Article 57(1)), and is done by a person qualified to do translations in one of the Member States (Article 57(3)). Under Article 46, enforcement of a judgment is refused only on the application of the person against whom enforcement is sought, where one of the grounds referred to in Article 45 is found to exist: manifest conflict with public policy; a judgment given in default of appearance where the defendant was not served with the document which instituted the proceedings in sufficient time and in such a way as to enable the defendant to arrange for a defence (unless the defendant failed to commence proceedings to challenge the judgment when it was possible to do so); irreconcilability with another judgment between the same parties; or conflict with certain rules of jurisdiction.

Under Article 66(1), the Regulation applies to legal proceedings instituted on or after 10 January 2015; under Article 66(2), Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 continues to apply to judgments given in proceedings instituted earlier. Under Article 43(1), the certificate is served on the person against whom enforcement is sought prior to the first enforcement measure, and is accompanied by the judgment if it has not already been served on that person; the Enforcement Code follows on from this in Section 61a(2), under which the foreign enforcement title is attached to the notice of commencement of enforcement if it has not already been served on the debtor. The applicant cannot be required to have a postal address in the Member State addressed (Article 41(3)).

European order for payment, European Enforcement Order and the European Small Claims Procedure

Under Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006, a European order for payment which has become enforceable in the Member State of origin is recognised and enforced in the other Member States without the need for a declaration of enforceability and without any possibility of opposing its recognition. It is declared enforceable by the court of origin using standard form G if no statement of opposition has been lodged with that court within 30 days of service of the order on the defendant (Article 18(1) in conjunction with Article 16(2)). For enforcement in another Member State, the claimant provides under Article 21(2) a copy of the European order for payment, as declared enforceable by the court of origin, which satisfies the conditions necessary to establish its authenticity, and, where necessary, a translation of it into the official language of the Member State of enforcement, certified by a person qualified to do so in one of the Member States. The order is enforced under the same conditions as an enforceable decision issued in the Member State of enforcement (Article 21(1)). Enforcement may be refused, on application by the defendant, only on the grounds set out in Article 22: because the order is irreconcilable with an earlier decision or order involving the same cause of action between the same parties, where the irreconcilability could not have been raised as an objection in the proceedings in the Member State of origin, or because the defendant has already paid the amount awarded in the order — to the extent that the defendant has done so. Under no circumstances may the European order for payment be reviewed as to its substance in the Member State of enforcement (Article 22(3)).

A judgment on an uncontested claim which has been certified as a European Enforcement Order in the Member State of origin is likewise enforced without a declaration of enforceability and without any possibility of opposing its recognition (Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 805/2004; the creditor provides a copy of the judgment and a copy of the certificate under Article 20(2)), as is a judgment given in the European Small Claims Procedure (Article 20(1) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2007). With these, too, the judgment may not be reviewed as to its substance in the Member State of enforcement (Article 21(2) of Regulation No 805/2004, Article 22(2) of Regulation No 861/2007).

Slovak enforcement proceedings: one court, an electronic application, an enforcement officer selected at random

The application for enforcement is filed with the District Court Banská Bystrica by electronic means, into the court's official electronic mailbox, using the electronic form designated for that purpose; the application must be authorised (autorizovaný) — as a rule with a qualified electronic signature or a qualified electronic seal (Section 23(1) of Act No. 305/2013 Coll. on e-Government) — otherwise it is disregarded (Section 48(7) of the Enforcement Code). The enforcement title and public documents are attached as an authorised original electronic document or as an electronic document created by certified conversion (zaručená konverzia) of the original paper document (Section 48(6)). Certified conversion is the transformation of a paper document into electronic form with the aim of preserving its legal effects; a lawyer (advokát) is also entitled to carry it out (Section 35(2) and (3)(b) of Act No. 305/2013 Coll.). Attached to the application are a counterpart (rovnopis) of the enforcement title together with confirmation of its enforceability (Section 48(4)(a)), with which a foreign enforcement title is furnished by the authority of the State in which it was issued (Section 46(1)(c)), and, in the case of a foreign enforcement title, also the documents specified in special legislation; where the title has been certified under EU regulations and no decision on enforceability is required for its enforcement, the certificate is attached (Section 48(5)) — for a judgment from an EU Member State it is precisely the certificate under Article 53 that certifies its enforceability (Article 42(1)(b) of the Brussels I bis Regulation). A foreign legal entity evidences its identification data by an attached extract from the register or other record in which it is entered (Section 48(3)(b)). In the case of a foreign enforcement title for whose enforcement EU regulations require a certificate, the court proceeds in the same way as with a Slovak title: unless there are grounds for dismissing the application, it issues the authorisation to carry out enforcement (poverenie) within 15 days of receiving the application (Section 53(1) and (2)(c)). The court assigns cases to enforcement officers at random, using technical and software means, in such a way as to exclude any possibility of influencing the assignment of cases (Section 55(1)), namely to an enforcement officer appointed for the territorial district of the regional court in which the debtor, where it is a legal entity, has its registered office (Section 55(2)(b)) — the creditor does not choose the enforcement officer. The enforcement commences when the authorisation is delivered to the enforcement officer (Section 57(1)). A monetary claim may be enforced by deductions from wages and other income, by attachment of a claim — including a claim arising from a bank account and other monetary claims of the debtor — and by sale of movable property, securities, real estate or a business (Section 63(1), Section 93(1)); enforcement may also be levied against the debtor's share in a company (Section 113b(1)).

The debtor's assets are identified by the enforcement officer. Third parties are obliged to cooperate with the enforcement officer at the officer's request if the officer has produced to them the authorisation to carry out enforcement (Section 42(1)): banks notify the officer of the debtor's account numbers, their balances and changes in them (Section 42(6)), and data are also provided by the authority keeping the register of real estate, the authority keeping the register of motor vehicles and the central securities depository (Section 42(4)). In identifying assets, the enforcement officer takes the creditor's instructions into account (Section 59(1)); the officer submits the first report on the findings to the creditor no later than three months after the commencement of enforcement, and further reports at 180-day intervals (Section 59(3)). After service of the notice of commencement of enforcement, assets subject to enforcement may not be disposed of without the enforcement officer's prior written consent, with the exception of ordinary legal transactions (Section 61d(1)).

Foreign arbitral award — recognition directly in the enforcement proceedings

Under Section 46(1) of Act No. 244/2002 Coll. on arbitration, a foreign arbitral award is an arbitral decision on the merits made in the territory of a State other than the Slovak Republic — irrespective of whether that State is an EU Member State; under its Article 1(2)(d), the Brussels I bis Regulation does not apply to arbitration. Recognition of a foreign arbitral award is not pronounced by a separate decision: the award is recognised by the court having jurisdiction over enforcement taking it into account as if it were a domestic arbitral award (Section 49(1)), and it is enforced as a domestic arbitral award (Section 49(2)). Under Section 47(1), the party is required to attach to the application the original of the foreign arbitral award or a certified copy of it, and the original of the arbitration agreement or a certified copy of it; if they are not drawn up in the Slovak language, the party arranges for an official translation of them (Section 47(2)). Because this is not a title for which a certificate under EU regulations suffices, the court, under Section 54(1) of the Enforcement Code, serves the foreign enforcement title personally (do vlastných rúk) on the person named as the debtor before issuing the authorisation and informs that person of the possibility of raising grounds for non-recognition. If that person does not state them within 15 days of service of that information, the court examines the conditions for recognition and enforcement which it examines even of its own motion, and if it finds no obstacles and there are no grounds for dismissing the application, it issues the authorisation to carry out enforcement (Section 54(2)).

The grounds for refusing recognition and enforcement are set out in Section 50 of the Act. On the application of the party against whom the award is invoked, the court may refuse recognition and enforcement only if that party proves that it lacked the capacity to conclude the arbitration agreement or that the agreement was not concluded in accordance with the applicable law; that it was not given proper notice of the appointment of the arbitrator or of the arbitral proceedings, or was not given the opportunity to take part in them; that the award decided a dispute for which the arbitration agreement had not been concluded or which does not fall within the scope of the arbitration clause; that the arbitral tribunal was not constituted, or the proceedings were not conducted, in the agreed manner; or that the award has not become final and binding, or has been set aside, or its enforcement has been suspended by a court of the State of origin (Section 50(1)). The court refuses recognition and enforcement even without an application if, under Slovak law, the subject matter of the dispute cannot be resolved in arbitration, or if recognition and enforcement would be contrary to public policy (Section 50(2)). Under Section 53, the Act applies unless an international treaty by which the Slovak Republic is bound provides otherwise; as an example of such a treaty the Act cites the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (Decree of the Minister of Foreign Affairs No. 74/1959 Coll.), known as the New York Convention.

Judgment from a non-EU State — the Act on private international and procedural law

Judgments from States to which the EU regulations do not apply are governed by Act No. 97/1963 Coll. on private international and procedural law — under its Section 2, however, only where an international treaty by which the Slovak Republic is bound does not provide otherwise. Under Section 63, foreign decisions have effect in the Slovak Republic if they have been recognised by the Slovak authorities. A decision in a property matter does not require recognition by a separate ruling: under Section 67(3), it is recognised by the Slovak court issuing the authorisation to carry out enforcement. The court decides on recognition by a separate ruling only on application (Section 67(4)); jurisdiction lies with the court that has jurisdiction to issue the authorisation to carry out enforcement (Section 68a(c)). Under Section 64, a foreign decision cannot be recognised or enforced if recognition is precluded by the exclusive jurisdiction of the Slovak authorities, or if the authority of the foreign State would not have had jurisdiction to decide had its jurisdiction been assessed under the provisions of Slovak law; if the decision is not final or enforceable in the State in which it was issued; if it is not a decision on the merits; if the party against whom the decision is to be recognised was deprived, by the procedure of the foreign authority, of the opportunity to act before that authority, in particular where the summons or the application initiating the proceedings was not duly served on that party; if a Slovak court has already given a final decision in the matter, or there is an earlier foreign decision in the same matter which has been recognised or meets the conditions for recognition; or if recognition would be contrary to Slovak public policy. Review of the foreign decision on the merits is not permitted (Section 68f(2)). In enforcement proceedings the court proceeds under Section 54 of the Enforcement Code: it serves the foreign enforcement title on the debtor, who has 15 days to state grounds precluding recognition or enforcement, or to file an application for separate recognition.

For the United Kingdom, the date on which the proceedings were instituted is decisive: under Article 67(2)(a) of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, the Brussels I bis Regulation applies to the recognition and enforcement of judgments given in legal proceedings instituted before the end of the transition period, which under Article 126 of the Agreement ended on 31 December 2020. In addition, by Council Decision (EU) 2022/1206 the European Union approved its accession to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters, concluded on 2 July 2019 under the auspices of the Hague Conference on Private International Law; according to the declaration which the Union makes on accession, its Member States, with the exception of Denmark, will be bound by the Convention by virtue of that accession. Whether, and from when, the Convention applies in relation to the particular State of origin of a judgment is something we verify separately in each matter. A person applying for recognition by a separate ruling attaches, under Section 68c(2) of Act No. 97/1963 Coll., the original or an officially certified copy of the foreign decision in full, a confirmation from the competent foreign authority that it is final or enforceable, documentary evidence that the obstacle under Section 64(d) does not exist, and officially certified translations into the Slovak language; under item 18d of the schedule of court fees, the court fee for such an application is 100 euros.

The debtor's defence: 15 days from service

If your company is the debtor in a Slovak enforcement, the first document from the enforcement officer is the notice of commencement of enforcement. It must contain, among other things, the amount of the costs if the enforced obligation is performed within 15 days of service and the amount of the costs after that period has expired, information on the possibility of filing an application to stop the enforcement and on the time limit until the expiry of which that application has suspensive effect, and — in the case of a foreign decision for which no declaration of enforceability is required — also information on the possibility of objecting to its recognition or enforcement (Section 61a(1)(e) to (g) and (i) of the Enforcement Code). The debtor may file an application to stop the enforcement within 15 days of service of the notice; it must state reasons, it must set out all the facts that the debtor can rely on as at the date of filing, and such an application has suspensive effect (Section 61k(2)). It is filed with the enforcement officer (Section 61k(5)) and the court decides on it as a matter of priority (Section 61l(1)). The court stops the enforcement on the grounds set out in Section 61k(1): after the enforcement title came into existence, circumstances arose which caused the enforced claim to be extinguished; the enforcement title has been set aside; there is a ground under special legislation on which recognition or enforcement of the foreign enforcement title is inadmissible, unless it could have been raised earlier in the proceedings; or there are other facts which prevent the enforcement title from being enforced. In applications filed later, the debtor may rely only on facts that arose after the 15-day period expired, or on facts that, through no fault of its own, it could not have raised earlier (Section 61k(3)); later applications do not have suspensive effect (Section 61k(4)(a)). In enforcement proceedings, a missed time limit cannot be excused (Section 201(1)(a)).

Suspensive effect does not mean that the enforcement officer takes no action: under Section 61i(1) and (3), the officer retains the power to carry out acts aimed at identifying and securing assets. A bank account may therefore be blocked up to the amount of the claim and its accessories (Section 95(1)(a)); however, the enforcement officer issues the order (exekučný príkaz) upon service of which the bank pays the claim out to the officer only after the period for filing an application to stop the enforcement with suspensive effect has expired without such an application being filed, or after service of the court's decision dismissing such an application (Section 96(1) and (3)). If a debtor who has filed an application to stop the enforcement deposits security equal to the value of the enforced claim in the enforcement officer's special account, the enforcement is suspended and the officer does not carry out acts aimed at securing assets and, if they have already been carried out, cancels them (Section 61h(1)(f), Section 61i(2)). For a payment order issued by a Slovak court, the time limit for a statement of opposition is 15 days from service and the opposition must be reasoned on the merits, otherwise the court rejects it (Section 265(1) and Section 267(1) and (2) of the Civil Contentious Procedure Code; in payment order proceedings, Section 7(2), Section 11(1) and Section 12(1) of Act No. 307/2016 Coll.). In payment order proceedings (upomínacie konanie) — simplified electronic proceedings before the District Court Banská Bystrica — the application is not admissible if the payment order would have to be served on the defendant abroad (Section 3(6)(d)). For a European order for payment, the time limit for a statement of opposition is 30 days from service and the defendant does not have to specify the reasons in it (Article 16(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006).

Procedure

How it runs

1

Assessment of the title

We establish which regime your title falls under — an EU regulation, the Act on arbitration or the Act on private international and procedural law — as well as whether it is enforceable in the State of origin and which documents are still missing. For titles that became enforceable more than three years ago, we keep watch on Section 53(3)(g) and (4) of the Enforcement Code: the court dismisses the application in so far as it concerns recurring accessories (as a rule default interest) to which entitlement arose after the title became enforceable, if the application is filed more than three years after the title became enforceable without the debtor having been called on to satisfy the claim in the last three months before the application was filed, or without an agreement on satisfaction of the claim in instalments having been concluded with the debtor within three years of the title becoming enforceable. We therefore send the demand to satisfy the claim before the application is filed.

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Checking the debtor

Before filing the application we check what can be ascertained from public sources: the commercial register, which is a public list (Section 3(1) of Act No. 29/2026 Coll.), the financial statements filed in the public part of the register of financial statements (Section 23c(1) of Act No. 431/2002 Coll.), the land registry (kataster), which everyone has the right to inspect (Section 68(1) of Act No. 162/1995 Coll.), the register of authorisations to carry out enforcement, in which the Ministry of Justice publishes data from the authorisations issued for the duration of the enforcement (Section 56(3) of the Enforcement Code), and whether bankruptcy or restructuring proceedings are pending against the debtor. Data on bank accounts are disclosed by banks only to an enforcement officer who produces the authorisation (Section 42(1) and (6) of the Enforcement Code).

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Documents, translations and conversion

We tell you in writing exactly what to request from the court of origin — the certificate under Article 53 of the Brussels I bis Regulation, the European order for payment declared enforceable on form G, or the European Enforcement Order certificate. The issue of these documents is governed by the law of the State of origin; it is handled by your local lawyer or directly by your company. In Slovakia we arrange the official translation into Slovak where one is needed, and the certified conversion of paper documents into electronic form.

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Application for enforcement

We file the application electronically with the District Court Banská Bystrica. The court fee for the application is 25 euros (item 13(a) of the schedule of court fees); the court does not call on the applicant to pay it, and if the fee is not paid in full within 15 days of filing, the application is disregarded (Section 11d(2) and (3) of Act No. 71/1992 Coll.). The court issues the authorisation to carry out enforcement and assigns the case to an enforcement officer at random. The enforcement officer notifies the creditor and the debtor of the commencement of enforcement and calls on the debtor to satisfy the enforced claim (Section 61(1) of the Enforcement Code).

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The course of the enforcement — and the defence, if you are on the other side

We communicate with the enforcement officer, pass on to the officer what you know about the debtor's assets and follow the officer's reports. If the debtor applies to stop the enforcement, the enforcement officer calls on the creditor to comment within a period of not less than ten days (Section 61k(5) of the Enforcement Code); we prepare the comments. If you are the debtor in the proceedings, the procedure is the mirror image: immediately after service of the notice of commencement of enforcement or of the payment order we establish the date of service, assess the enforcement title, the manner in which it was served and the enforced claim, and within the time limit file an application to stop the enforcement or a statement of opposition.

Documents

What we need from you

Scans are enough for the initial assessment. Once we have read them, we will tell you in writing which documents will be needed as originals or as officially certified copies.

  • The enforcement title — judgment, European order for payment or arbitral award — in full.
  • The certificate or confirmation from the court of origin, if you already have it: the certificate under Article 53 of the Brussels I bis Regulation, the declaration of enforceability of the European order for payment (form G), the European Enforcement Order certificate; for a judgment from a non-EU State, a confirmation that it is final or enforceable.
  • For an arbitral award, also the arbitration agreement or the contract containing the arbitration clause.
  • An extract from the register in which your company is entered — a foreign legal entity uses it to evidence its identification data in the application.
  • Details of the debtor: business name, registered office, identification number, and everything you know about its assets — bank accounts, customers, real estate, vehicles, shares in companies.
  • An overview of payments received since the title was issued and a calculation of what remains unpaid — the application must contain a statement as to the extent to which the obligation has not been performed.
  • The number of the bank account to which the enforcement officer is to remit the amounts recovered.
  • If you are the debtor: the notice of commencement of enforcement or the payment order with all enclosures, details of the date and manner of service (envelope, acknowledgement of receipt, record from the official electronic mailbox) and the documents supporting your objections — in particular proof of payment.
Fees

What it costs

The scope and the fee are agreed in advance and in writing. You know the price for the assessment of the title and for filing the application before we start work.

Assessment of the title and the documents

fixed fee agreed in advance

We go through the title and the documents, determine the regime under which it will be enforced in Slovakia, check the debtor in public registers and set out the procedure we propose and what still has to be supplied. We quote the fee before any work starts; if you decide not to go ahead, the matter ends there.

Application for enforcement or application to stop the enforcement

fixed fee per step

Preparing and filing the application for enforcement, including certified conversion of the documents, or — if you are the debtor — preparing and filing an application to stop the enforcement or a statement of opposition to a payment order. Agreed as a fixed sum for the step, not at an hourly rate.

Representation in proceedings

fixed fee or contingency fee

Under Section 7(1) of Decree of the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic No. 655/2004 Coll., a contingency fee may be agreed in the form of a percentage share in the value of the matter; under Section 7(2) its maximum amount may not exceed 20 % of that value. Under Section 8(1) of the Decree it becomes payable only where the client has been fully successful in the matter; where the client is partly successful the lawyer is entitled under Section 8(2) to the tariff fee determined according to the degree of success, and where the client has not been successful even in part the lawyer may under Section 8(3) claim only reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses.

Out-of-pocket expenses arise alongside the lawyer's fee — in particular the court fee, official translations and certified conversion of documents. The court fee for an application for enforcement is 25 euros under item 13(a) of the schedule to Act No. 71/1992 Coll. The enforcement officer's costs consist of the officer's fee and reimbursement of expenses (Section 196 of the Enforcement Code); where a monetary performance is being enforced, the fee is determined as a percentage of the amount recovered and may not exceed the amount of the enforced claim (Section 197(1)). The enforcement officer's costs are paid by the debtor (Section 199c(4)). However, if the enforcement is stopped on a ground for which the enforcement officer issues a notice stopping the enforcement (upovedomenie o zastavení exekúcie) — for example, because no assets that could be reached by enforcement were identified — the creditor pays the enforcement officer reimbursement of expenses (Section 199c(1) in conjunction with Section 198(2)). The enforcement officer may require an advance on necessary expenses from the creditor only in the case of enforcement by sale of movable property, real estate or a business, and in the case of non-monetary performance (Section 58(1)). The outcome of enforcement depends on the circumstances of the individual case, in particular on the debtor's assets.

No obligation

Send us the title or the document you have received

Tell us what title you hold and against whom, or what was served on you from Slovakia and when. If a time limit is running, state the date of service in your very first message. We will get back to you and set out the next steps. Submitting this form does not constitute the provision of legal services and does not create a lawyer-client relationship.

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The legislation this page is based on

The full text of each instrument is available on Slov-Lex and EUR-Lex. The firm advises exclusively on the law of the Slovak Republic; questions of the law of the State in which the title originated are dealt with by the client's local lawyer. The information above is general and does not replace advice on an individual matter.