Enforcement Of EC And EFTA Monetary Judgments In Hungary

In this article, we address the issue of how a foreign monetary judgment delivered in another Member State of the EC and an EFTA Member State, respectively, can be enforced in Hungary.

The main legal source governing this issue is Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement in civil and commercial matters (the "Brussels I Regulation"). Based on the Brussels I Regulation and applicable Hungarian laws, a party seeking enforcement of an EC judgment in Hungary is required to submit a so-called petition for enforcement to the competent Hungarian court along with a certified copy of the foreign judgment, a certified Hungarian translation of the foreign judgment, a certificate of enforceability issued by the foreign court delivering the judgment, a certified Hungarian translation of the certificate of enforceability, a document proving that the foreign judgment was duly delivered to the