A certified copy of the claim form and the decision shall be served, at the initiative of the claimant, on each of the defendants. The European order for payment opposition form shall be annexed to the service document.
On pain of nullity, the document of service shall contain, in addition to the particulars prescribed for bailiff’s documents, an indication of the court before which the opposition must be brought, the time limit allowed and the forms in which it must be made.
Under the same sanction, the document of service :
– warns the defendant that in the absence of opposition within the period indicated, calculated in accordance with Regulation (EEC, EURATOM) No 1182/71 of the Council of 3 June 1971 determining the rules applicable to periods, dates and time limits, he may be compelled by all legal means to pay the sums claimed ;
– inform the defendant of his right to apply for a review of the European order for payment before the court that issued it, after the time limit for opposition has expired, in the exceptional cases provided for in Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 creating a European order for payment procedure.