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Debt from other EU country

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  • 10-03-2016 11:58am
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    CanyonUser
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭


    In your opinion, can they collect debt from other EU member countries? I have this other company here in Ireland collecting debt I owe to another EU country.
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    clocks
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭clocks


    CanyonUser wrote: »
    In your opinion, can they collect debt from other EU member countries? I have this other company here in Ireland collecting debt I owe to another EU country.

    Yes the debt can be collected from another EU country. The Brussels Convention allows the enforceability of judgements across borders : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_Regime

    The company here has to obey all the rules of debt collection. Is it a private agency or the Sheriff ?

    You should also have notice of the decision awarding the debt.


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    CanyonUser
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭CanyonUser


    It's old student loan, I just feel I'm not in equal opportunity to pay up this debt as the citizens living in that country are entitled to all kinds of social benefits that can be used to pay old student loans, such as they have free childcare, in Ireland it's 800 a month which I have to pay as well.


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    GerardKeating
    Registered Users Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    CanyonUser wrote: »
    It's old student loan, I just feel I'm not in equal opportunity to pay up this debt as the citizens living in that country are entitled to all kinds of social benefits that can be used to pay old student loans, such as they have free childcare, in Ireland it's 800 a month which I have to pay as well.

    But you chose to give up these benefits by leaving "that country".


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    CanyonUser
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭CanyonUser


    In the same way could the costs be given up as I did with the benefits?


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    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,180 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    CanyonUser wrote: »
    In the same way could the costs be given up as I did with the benefits?


    no. you chose to give up those benefits. you cannot choose to give up a debt.


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    Fred Swanson
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