TFL Vsebine / Pravni letopis

Pri ureditvi vročanja je treba najti ustrezno ravnovesje med interesom tožnika, da se vročitev opravi hitro in da ne bo otežila ali celo onemogočila izvedbe postopka na eni strani, ter pravico toženca do kontradiktornega postopka na drugi strani. Pri čezmejnem vročanju je ta napetost med dvema dobrinama še bolj poudarjena. Še vedno pa je relevanten tudi vidik varstva državne suverenosti, čeprav pri ureditvi čezmejnega vročanja v EU očitno stopa v ozadje. Razvoj čezmejnega vročanja gre v smeri poenostavljanja in pospešitve. Že Haaška konvencija iz leta 1965 je velik korak naprej, še bolj pa zakonodaja Evropske unije. Ta prinaša nekatere bistvene konceptualne novosti, na primer glede jezika in prevodov, glede poštnega vročanja in glede jamstev za naslovnika. Po drugi strani pa ostaja vrsta še nerešenih in spornih vprašanj, tudi takšnih, ki so povezana z omenjenimi novostmi.

Regulation of service of judicial documents must strike a proper balance between the interest of the claimant for an expedient service not jeopardizing the effectiveness of access to court on one hand and the defendant’s right to be heard on the other hand. In the context of cross-border service, the tension between these two contradictory legal values is even clearer. Besides, aspects of state sovereignty are still relevant for cross-border service, although they are clearly losing importance in the EU service regulation. The development of cross-border service of judicial documents pursues the goals of simplification and acceleration. The 1965 Hague Convention was already a big step forward and even more so the latest EU legislation. This brings some important conceptual novelties, for example concerning the language and translations, concerning postal service and guarantees for the addressee. On the other hand, numerous problems, some caused precisely by aforementioned novelties, remain unsolved.

Cross Border Service of Judicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters