Unknown address of the recipient will no longer be an obstacle to the application of the international service procedure in European Union (EU) countries as of July 2022. Document senders will be able to find out and verify the addresses of relevant recipients by contacting a competent authority of the country where the addressee resides, or by viewing detailed information available on the European e-Justice Portal.
During the first half of 2021, judicial officers were able to recover EUR 74,4 million of debt owed to private individuals and state institutions. That's 61 percent. more than last year (the first half of 2020). Two out of three creditors, who applied for debt recovery, had their debts recovered in full.
In 2020, the need for service of foreign documents in Lithuania has remained similar to that of 2019: Chamber of Judicial Officers of Lithuania has received 405 requests (in 2020 there were 408) for service of judicial and extrajudicial documents in the territory of Lithuania from 30 different countries.
During the XXII Meeting of Judicial Officers, which took place in the 19th of April, 2021, the activity report of the Chamber of Judicial Officers of Lithuania was approved. The guidelines for further activities of the association were also defined. Just like many other events during the quarantine period, this meeting was organized remotely.
Despite quarantine constraints, 2020 was a favorable year for creditors. 139.9 thousand, or 63 percent the judicial officers fulfilled the claims submitted in full by repaying all the funds belonging to the creditors or ensuring the enforcement of non-monetary claims.
For the Member States of the European Union (EU) – it is a unified platform, which publishes relevant information regarding institutions, which are responsible for the enforcement of decisions. For all of the citizens of EU – it is a possibility to easily find a judicial officer in any Member State of the EU.
The 2005 institutional reform of judicial officers, implemented in Bulgaria, took the country away from an era of deficit of justice, back when decisions were not enforced, and created an effective debt recovery system. Currently, Bulgaria’s judicial officers recover 150 mil. Bulgarian Lev every year.
(76,5 mil. Euros) of late wages, alimony, overdue loans, fines for violations of traffic and driving rules and other types of debt.
In 2020, Lithuania rose to 11th place in Doing Business – business community's most important ranking, published annually by the World Bank. This is the highest position achieved by Lithuania since the announcement of the said ranking.