23It should be noted at the outset that, as is apparent from recitals 16 and 17 of Regulation No 44/2001, applicable ratione temporis to the main proceedings, the system of recognition and enforcement provided for therein is based on mutual trust in justice in the European Union. Such trust requires that judicial decisions given in one Member State must not only be recognised ipso jure in another Member State, but also that the procedure for making a decision given in another Member State enforceable in one Member State must be efficient and expeditious. That procedure must include only a simple formal check of the documents required for the granting of enforceability in the requested Member State, the declaration of enforceability of a judgment being issued almost automatically (see, to that effect, judgment of 13 October 2011, Prism Investments, C‑139/10, EU:C:2011:653, paragraphs 28).
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