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Enforcement of Foreign Public Instrument and Stay under Lugano Convention

Case Number SK 05 81
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Switzerland · Canton of Lucerne (CH-LU)
Decision Date
Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The appellate court addressed a decision to grant definitive enforcement for a debt claim based on a German public instrument, against which the debtor filed an appeal and subsequently requested a stay of proceedings under Article 38(1) of the Lugano Convention (LugÜ), seeking a deadline to file a specific defense action in Germany. The court reasoned that since the enforcement of foreign public instruments is governed by Articles 31 et seq. and 50 LugÜ, which incorporate the remedies of Articles 36 et seq. LugÜ, the debtor's right to a full substantive review, afforded by the German defense action, is protected by Article 38 LugÜ, which permits the court to suspend the proceedings and set a time limit for initiating such a remedy in the state where the instrument was drawn up, thus upholding the request for a two-month stay to file the German action.

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Art. 38 Abs. 1 LugÜ. Sistierung eines Rechtsöffnungsverfahrens mit Vollstreckbarerklärung unter Ansetzung einer Frist zur Einreichung eines Rechtsbehelfs in Deutschland. | Schuldbetreibungs- und Konkursrecht

Keywords

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lugano Convention foreign enforcement debt enforcement claim stay of proceedings public debt return under Hague Convention

Cited Legislation

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Art. 38 Abs. 1 Lug
Leitsatz: · Art. 38 Abs. 1 LugÜ.
Art. 38 Lug
Leitsatz: · Art. 38 Abs.
Art. 36 Lug
Art. 50 Lug
Art. 31 Lug
Art. 6 EMRK
Art. 85a SchKG
Art. 38 Abs. 1 LugÜ
The court explicitly used this provision to suspend the appeal procedure and set a deadline for filing the enforcement counterclaim in Germany.
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SK 97 171
Enforcement of German Default Judgment Under Lugano Convention
SK 99 65
Enforceability of German Payment Order under Lugano Convention: Service Validity and Documentary Proof
2C 24 80
Enforcement of Foreign Judgment Under Lugano Convention: Procedural Compliance and Limited Review
OG 1991 34
Lugano Convention Impact on Swiss Civil Procedure for Recognition and Enforcement
3C 16 3
International Jurisdiction for Provisional Maintenance under the Lugano Convention

Key legal questions extracted by Legislator

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Art. 38 Abs. 1 LugÜ

The court explicitly used this provision to suspend the appeal procedure and set a deadline for filing the enforcement counterclaim in Germany.

Art. 38 Abs. 1 in Deutschland

Cited as the basis for setting the two-month deadline for filing the enforcement counterclaim in Germany, referencing the core of Art. 38 para. 1 LugÜ.

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Rechtsprechung Luzern

Instanz: · Obergericht

Abteilung: · Schuldbetreibungs- und Konkurskommission

Rechtsgebiet: · Schuldbetreibungs- und Konkursrecht

Entscheiddatum: · 27.10.2005

Fallnummer: · SK 05 81

LGVE: · 2005 I Nr. 44

Leitsatz: · Art. 38 Abs. 1 LugÜ. Sistierung eines Rechtsöffnungsverfahrens mit Vollstreckbarerklärung unter Ansetzung einer Frist zur Einreichung eines Rechtsbehelfs in Deutschland.

Rechtskraft: · Diese Entscheidung ist rechtskräftig.