In 2002 the Commission published a Green Paper on a European order for payment procedure, on the basis of which it was established that a uniform, accelerated and cost-effective mechanism for payment of uncontested claims would help not only to improve access to the courts but also to improve the functioning of the internal market because, in practice, enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, encounter numerous difficulties in recovering uncontested claims.
In 2002 the Commission published a Green Paper on a European order for payment procedure, on the basis of which it was established that a uniform, accelerated and cost-effective mechanism for payment of uncontested claims would help not only to improve access to the courts but also to improve the functioning of the internal market because, in practice, enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, encounter numerous difficulties in recovering uncontested claims.