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Document C2012/399/05

Case C-133/11: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 October 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Folien Fischer AG, Fofitec AG v Ritrama SpA (Area of freedom, security and justice — Jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters — Special jurisdiction in tort, delict or quasi-delict — Action for a negative declaration ( «negative Feststellungsklage» ) — Whether a person alleged to have committed a harmful act may bring a person who might be adversely affected, before the courts with jurisdiction for the place where the act allegedly occurred or may occur, seeking a declaration that there is no liability in tort or delict)

OJ C 399, 22.12.2012, p. 4–4 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

22.12.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 399/4


Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 October 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Folien Fischer AG, Fofitec AG v Ritrama SpA

(Case C-133/11) (1)

(Area of freedom, security and justice - Jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters - Special jurisdiction in tort, delict or quasi-delict - Action for a negative declaration («negative Feststellungsklage») - Whether a person alleged to have committed a harmful act may bring a person who might be adversely affected, before the courts with jurisdiction for the place where the act allegedly occurred or may occur, seeking a declaration that there is no liability in tort or delict)

2012/C 399/05

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: Folien Fischer AG, Fofitec AG

Defendant: Ritrama SpA

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Bundesgerichtshof — Interpretation of point (3) of Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ 2001 L 12, p. 1) — Special jurisdiction in tort, delict or quasi-delict — Action for a negative declaration (negative Feststellungsklage) — Whether a person who may have committed a harmful act may bring the person potentially adversely affected before the courts with jurisdiction for the place where the act occurred or may occur, seeking a declaration that there is no liability in tort or delict.

Operative part of the judgment

Point (3) of Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters must be interpreted as meaning that an action for a negative declaration seeking to establish the absence of liability in tort, delict, or quasi-delict falls within the scope of that provision.


(1)  OJ C 204, 9.7.2011.


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