Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing a European Account Preservation Order procedure to facilitate cross-border debt recovery in civil and commercial matters.
This Regulation entered into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, being July 17 2014. It shall apply from 18 January 2017, with the exception of Article 50 (concerning information to be provided by the member states), which shall apply from 18 July 2016.
The Regulation will supplement already existing legal instruments such as the European Small Claims procedure, the European Order for payment and the European Enforcement Order.
Published on June 27 2014.
More information at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R0655&from=DE