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Document 62023CA0081
Case C-81/23, FCA Italy and FPT Industrial: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 22 February 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof – Austria) – MA v FCA Italy SpA, FPT Industrial SpA (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 – Point 2 of Article 7 – Special jurisdiction in tort, delict or quasi-delict – Place where the damage occurred – Use on a vehicle of a defeat device that reduces the effectiveness of emission control systems – Contract for the sale of that vehicle concluded in a Member State other than the State in which the purchaser is domiciled and in which the manufacturer has its seat – Delivery of that vehicle and normal use of it in the Member State in which the purchaser is domiciled)
Case C-81/23, FCA Italy and FPT Industrial: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 22 February 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof – Austria) – MA v FCA Italy SpA, FPT Industrial SpA (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 – Point 2 of Article 7 – Special jurisdiction in tort, delict or quasi-delict – Place where the damage occurred – Use on a vehicle of a defeat device that reduces the effectiveness of emission control systems – Contract for the sale of that vehicle concluded in a Member State other than the State in which the purchaser is domiciled and in which the manufacturer has its seat – Delivery of that vehicle and normal use of it in the Member State in which the purchaser is domiciled)
Case C-81/23, FCA Italy and FPT Industrial: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 22 February 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof – Austria) – MA v FCA Italy SpA, FPT Industrial SpA (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 – Point 2 of Article 7 – Special jurisdiction in tort, delict or quasi-delict – Place where the damage occurred – Use on a vehicle of a defeat device that reduces the effectiveness of emission control systems – Contract for the sale of that vehicle concluded in a Member State other than the State in which the purchaser is domiciled and in which the manufacturer has its seat – Delivery of that vehicle and normal use of it in the Member State in which the purchaser is domiciled)
OJ C, C/2024/2398, 8.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2398/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Official Journal |
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C/2024/2398 |
8.4.2024 |
Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 22 February 2024 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — MA v FCA Italy SpA, FPT Industrial SpA
(Case C-81/23, (1) FCA Italy and FPT Industrial)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 - Point 2 of Article 7 - Special jurisdiction in tort, delict or quasi-delict - Place where the damage occurred - Use on a vehicle of a defeat device that reduces the effectiveness of emission control systems - Contract for the sale of that vehicle concluded in a Member State other than the State in which the purchaser is domiciled and in which the manufacturer has its seat - Delivery of that vehicle and normal use of it in the Member State in which the purchaser is domiciled)
(C/2024/2398)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Oberster Gerichtshof
Parties to the main proceedings
Appellant in the appeal on a point of law: MA
Respondents in the appeal on a point of law: FCA Italy SpA, FPT Industrial SpA
Operative part of the judgment
Point 2 of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters
must be interpreted as meaning that, where a vehicle, allegedly equipped by its manufacturer, in a first Member State, with an unlawful defeat device that reduces the effectiveness of emission control systems, has formed the subject of a contract of sale concluded in a second Member State and has been delivered to the purchaser in a third Member State, the place where the damage occurred, within the meaning of that provision, is in the latter Member State.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/2398/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)