E/C.12/55/D/2/2014 unless she has due procedural protection and due process, in accordance with the provisions of the Covenant and taking into account the Committee ’s general comments Nos. 4 and 7; and (b) to reimburse the author for the legal costs incurred in the processing of this communication. General recommendations 17. The Committee considers that, in principle, the remedies recommended in the context of individual communications may include guarantees of non-repetition and recalls that the State party has an obligation to prevent similar violations in the future. Taking note of the measures carried out by the State party, including Royal Decree Law No. 27/2012 and Act No. 1/2013, as a consequence of the Court of Justice of the European Union ruling of 14 March 2013, the Committee is of the view that the State party should ensure that its legislation and the enforcement thereof are in compliance with the obligations established under the Covenant. 32 In particular, the State has the obligation to: (a) Ensure the accessibility of legal remedies for persons facing mortgage enforcement procedures for failure to repay loans; (b) Adopt appropriate legislative or administrative measures to ensure that notification by public posting of notice in mortgage enforcement procedures is strictly limited to situations in which all means of serving notice in person have been exhausted; and that it ensures sufficient exposure and long enough notice that the affected person has the opportunity to take full cognizance of the start of the proceedings and can attend; (c) Adopt appropriate legislative measures to ensure that the mortgage enforcement procedure and the procedural rules contain appropriate requirements (see paras. 12.1-12.4 and 13.3-13.4 above) and procedures to be followed before going ahead with auction of a dwelling, or with eviction, in accordance with the Covenant and taking into account the Committee’s general comment No. 7. 18. In accordance with article 9, paragraph 2, of the Optional Protocol and rule 18, paragraph 1, of the provisional rules of procedure under the Optional Protocol, the State party is requested to submit to the Committee, within a period of six month s, a written response, including information on measures taken in follow -up to the Views and recommendations of the Committee. The State party is also requested to publish the Views of the Committee and to distribute them widely, in an accessible format, s o that they reach all sectors of the population. __________________ 32 16/16 See, for example, the Committee’s concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Spain (E/C.12/ESP/CO/5), paras. 21 and 22. GE.15-17368