Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 creating a European order for payment procedure (c. 1896)

Article 5 Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

1)

‘Member State of origin’ means the Member State in which a European order for payment is issued;

2)

‘Member State of enforcement’ means the Member State in which enforcement of a European order for payment is sought;

3)

‘court’ means any authority in a Member State with competence regarding European orders for payment or any other related matters;

4)

‘court of origin’ means the court which issues a European order for payment.