As the age of a claim is a critical factor, it should be possible for Member States to make a request for mutual assistance, even though the domestic means of recovery have not yet been fully exhausted, inter alia, where recourse to such procedures in the applicant Member State would give rise to disproportionate difficulty.
Ker je starost terjatve ključni dejavnik, bi bilo treba državam članicam omogočiti, da zaprosijo za vzajemno pomoč, čeprav se domači načini izterjave še niso v celoti izkoristili, med drugim, če bi uporaba takšnih postopkov v državi članici prosilki povzročila nesorazmerne težave.