Over the past decades, the European Union has become a union of 28 Member States through its multiple enlargements, and after the UK left in 2020, that number has dropped to 27. A market of about 500 million inhabitants has been created, comprising the activities of all major global enterprises and their subsidiaries. The basic principles on which the functioning of such a union of states is based are the principles of the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital. To these principles, European legislators have added the principle of the free movement of judgments with the aim of a smooth functioning of the EU internal market. Considering the size of this market, its functioning must proceed smoothly in terms of maximizing economic prosperity, especially at a time of positive economic indicators. It became clear very early that the need for legal security was of the utmost importance. For this purpose, legal instruments were developed long before Slovenia became a full member of the European Union. The operation of such a large association needs appropriate instruments to ensure a high level of legal security for the parties in legal relationships, prompt legal protection and, at the same time, a high level of protection for the participants against whom these proceedings are conducted. Leaving it to each Member State to regulate legal proceedings according to its own national rules can be very time-consuming and risky, as the legal orders of different Member States and their effectiveness vary greatly. The European legislator is trying to address this matter with common instruments that make procedures more efficient and faster, yet still ensure a high level of legal security. To this end, several regulations have been adopted in recent years to ensure order and efficiency, legal security and the unification of procedural rules. Regulations as such are directly applicable in the Member States and can be invoked by individuals in proceedings before courts and other state authorities. The most important regulation governing the field of European procedural law at the European Union level is certainly the revised version of the Brussels I bis Regulation, which underwent significant changes years ago and became an important tool in civil proceedings dealing with the recognition and enforcement of judgements issued in other Member States in civil and commercial matters. This is not the only instrument to achieve the purpose of enforcing decisions; in addition to the above-mentioned Regulation, other instruments are used to provide creditors with adequate security in the field of enforcement proceedings conducted in other Member States. These regulations are described in the part of the master's thesis relating to the description of protective measures and the description of the procedure for the recognition and enforcement of judgments issued in other Member States. The master's thesis further focuses on the revised Brussels I bis Regulation, which represents one of the most important instruments in the field of the European civil procedural law.
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