{"id":2363,"date":"2024-10-03T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/pepex\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:05:07","slug":"pepex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/pepex\/","title":{"rendered":"PEPEX \u2013 Pre-Executive Extrajudicial Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is PEPEX?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>PEPEX is a voluntary procedure that allows a creditor to assess the feasibility and likely success of a future enforcement action against a debtor. By querying centralized databases, PEPEX identifies whether the debtor has attachable assets, thereby avoiding the filing of a fruitless enforcement action (Law No. 32\/2014).\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Procedural steps<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Submission:<\/strong>&nbsp;The application is filed electronically via a dedicated platform. Representation by a lawyer or solicitor is strongly recommended, as the request cannot be amended once submitted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Distribution:<\/strong>&nbsp;The case is automatically assigned to an Enforcement Agent (<em>Agente de Execu\u00e7\u00e3o<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Asset search:<\/strong>&nbsp;Within 5 business days, the Agent consults databases (Social Security, Tax Authority, Property Registry, etc.) and issues a report identifying any reachable assets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Outcome:<\/strong>&nbsp;After receiving the report, the creditor has 30 days to convert PEPEX into a full enforcement action or to request that the debtor be formally notified.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Debtor notification:<\/strong>&nbsp;If notified, the debtor has 30 days to pay, reach a settlement, indicate assets, or file an opposition. If the debtor takes no action, they are included on the public list of debtors.\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Advantages<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tax benefits:<\/strong>&nbsp;Enables the creditor to obtain a&nbsp;<strong>certificate of uncollectibility<\/strong>, which is essential for tax purposes, particularly for VAT recovery.\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cost\u2011efficiency:<\/strong>&nbsp;Significantly lower costs than standard judicial enforcement actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Speed:<\/strong>&nbsp;Much faster than traditional court proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ana Catarina Dias | <a href=\"mailto:info@rosarioduarte.pt\">info@rosarioduarte.pt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/gyHAu1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up for our Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/contacts\/\">here<\/a> to book a meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is PEPEX? PEPEX is a voluntary procedure that allows a creditor to assess the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2363"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2377,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363\/revisions\/2377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}