Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the debtor's letter of 7 March 2004 could be treated as a timely request for restitution of the objection deadline and as valid opposition to the payment order
Decisione estratta
The letter did not amount to valid opposition and therefore could not support restitution of the deadline.
Motivazione estratta
Opposition need not follow any form, but it must clearly express the debtor's will to stop enforcement. The letter merely explained what the debtor would have done if he had known of the payment order. He also knew how to object, as shown by his later explicit but late objection and his prior enforcement experience.