Abstract: The article examines a number of issues that have created controversy in doctrine and practice in connection with the registration of the application for enforcement: the moment of its registration in the general record of the bailiff; the reasons why the bailiff may refuse to open the enforcement procedure; the legal nature of the complaint regulated by article 665 par. (2) of the Civil Procedure Code. Finally, instead of conclusions, a series of de lege ferenda proposals are formulated.

Key-words: application for enforcement, registration, bailiff, reasoned refusal, complaint