24The option of lodging a statement of opposition is designed to compensate for the fact that the system established by Regulation No 1896/2006 does not provide for the defendant’s participation in the European order for payment procedure, by enabling him to contest the claim after the European order for payment has been issued (judgment of 13 June 2013, Goldbet Sportwetten, C‑144/12, EU:C:2013:393, paragraph 30). That stage of the procedure is therefore essential in order to ensure observance of the right to a fair hearing enshrined in the second paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.