The Weekly Law Reports
[2022] 4 WLR 97
Court of Justice of the European Union
Uniqa Versicherungen AG v VU
(Case C‑18/21)
EU:C:2022:682
2022 Jan 19; March 31; Sept 15
President of Chamber K Jürimäe,
President of Court acting as Judge of Third Chamber K Lenaerts,
Judges N Jääskinen, M Safjan, N Piçarra
Advocate General AM Collins
President of Court acting as Judge of Third Chamber K Lenaerts,
Judges N Jääskinen, M Safjan, N Piçarra
Advocate General AM Collins
European Union— Practice— European order for payment— Extension of time limit for lodging statement of opposition— Claimant in Austria obtaining order against defendant in Germany during COVID-19 pandemic— Defendant lodging statement of opposition against order after expiry of time limit— Austria enacting legislation extending all procedural time periods by five weeks during pandemic— Whether national legislation valid—
Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006, arts 16(2), 20, 26