Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 31 December 2025 – Einlagensicherung AUSTRIA GmbH, Kosch & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH, as liquidator in the insolvency of Commerzialbank Mattersburg im Burgenland AG v KL, Wohnbauvereinigung GFW Gemeinnützige GmbH

(Case C-866/25, Einlagensicherung)

(C/2026/2007)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberster Gerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellants on a point of law: Einlagensicherung AUSTRIA GmbH, and Kosch & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH, as liquidator in the insolvency of Commerzialbank Mattersburg im Burgenland AG

Defendants on a point of law: KL and Wohnbauvereinigung GFW Gemeinnützige GmbH

Question referred

Must Article 6(2)(a) of Directive 2014/49/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on deposit guarantee schemes (1) be interpreted as meaning that deposits of a housing association, incorporated as a limited liability company, which result from the sale of a flat by that company to a natural person, are to be classified as ‘deposits resulting from real estate transactions relating to private residential properties’?

(1)   OJ 2014 L 173, p. 149.