Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de commerce de Versailles (France) lodged on 6 December 2013 — Works Council of Nortel Networks SA and Others v Me Rogeau, Liquidator of Nortel Networks SA, Alan Robert Bloom and Others

(Case C-649/13)

2014/C 39/23

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Tribunal de commerce de Versailles

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: Works Council of Nortel Networks SA and Others

Defendants: Me Rogeau, Liquidator of Nortel Networks SA, Alan Robert Bloom and Others

Question referred

Do the courts of the State in which secondary proceedings have been opened have exclusive jurisdiction over or concurrent jurisdiction with the courts of the State in which the main proceedings have been opened, to rule on the determination of the debtor’s assets falling with the scope of the effects of the secondary proceedings in accordance with Articles 2(g), 3(2) and 27 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings (1) and, in the event that there is exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction, is the applicable law that of the main proceedings or of the secondary proceedings?

(1)  OJ 2000 L 160, p. 1.