Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the debtor must bear the costs of transmitting the paid amount from the enforcement office to the creditor.
Decisione estratta
No. Once payment is made to the enforcement office, the debtor is not liable for the costs of sending the amount on to the creditor; those costs fall on the creditor.
Motivazione estratta
Under Art. 12 SchKG, payment to the enforcement office discharges the debt and the office acts as the creditor's statutory collecting agent. The office's seat becomes the place of performance. Therefore the costs of forwarding the money to the creditor are not part of the debtor's enforcement costs.