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ANNEX III Text of image EUROPEAN SMALL CLAIMS PROCEDURE FORM C ANSWER FORM (Article 5(2) and 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Small Claims Procedure) IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES FOR THE DEFENDANT A claim as set out in the attached claim form has been submitted against you using the European Small Claims Procedure. You can answer by filling in Part II of this form and returning it to the court/tribunal, or in any other appropriate way, within 30 days after the claim form has been served on you together with the answer form. Please note that if you do not answer within 30 days, the court/tribunal shall give a judgment. Please make sure that you write your name clearly and sign and date the answer form at the end. You should also read the guidelines included in the claim form; these may help you to prepare your response. Language: You should reply to the claim in the language of the court/tribunal which has sent you this form. Please note that the form is available in all official languages of the institutions of the European Union on the website of the European Judicial Atlas at http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/judicialatlascivil/html/index_en.htm. This may help you in filling in the form in the required language. Oral hearing: Please note that the European Small Claims Procedure is a written procedure. However, you can ask for an oral hearing to be held. Please be aware that having regard to the circumstances of the case, the court/tribunal can refuse this request. Supporting documents: You can indicate possible means of evidence, and add, where appropriate, supporting documents. Counterclaim: If you want to make a claim against the claimant (counterclaim), you should fill in and attach a separate Form A which you can find on the Internet at http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/judicialatlascivil/html/fillinginformation_en.htm or obtain from the court/tribunal which sent you this form. Please note that for the purposes of the counterclaim you are considered to be the claimant. Correcting your details: You can also correct or supplement information about yourself (e.g. contact details, representative etc.) in section 6 ‘Other information’. Extra space: If space is insufficient, you can add additional sheets. Part I (to be filled in by the court/tribunal) Name of claimant: Name of defendant: Court/tribunal: Claim: Case number: Text of image Part II (to be filled in by the defendant) 1. Do you accept the claim? Yes No Partially If you have answered ‘no’ or ‘partially’, please indicate reasons: The claim is outside the scope of the European Small Claims Procedure please specify below Other please specify below 2. If you do not accept the claim please describe the evidence you wish to put forward to contest it. Please state which points of your answer the evidence supports. Where appropriate, you should add relevant supporting documents. 2.1. Written evidence please specify below 2.2. Witnesses please specify below 2.3. Other please specify below 3. Do you want an oral hearing to be held? Yes No If yes, please indicate reasons (*): 4. Are you claiming the costs of proceedings? 4.1. Yes 4.2. No 4.3. If yes, please specify which costs and if possible, indicate the amount claimed or incurred so far: 5. Do you want to make a counterclaim? 5.1. Yes 5.2. No 5.3. If yes, please fill in and attach a separate Form A 6. Other information (*) 7. Date and signature I declare that the information provided is true to the best of my knowledge and is given in good faith. Done at: __________ Date: ___/___/_____ Name and signature: (*) Optional.