Case C‑296/17

Wiemer & Trachte GmbH

v

Zhan Oved Tadzher

(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven kasatsionen sad)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Insolvency proceedings — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Article 3(1) — International jurisdiction — Action to set a transaction aside — Exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Member State within the territory of which insolvency proceedings have been opened)

Summary — Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 14 November 2018

1. Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters — Regulation No 44/2001 — Scope — Matters excluded — Bankruptcy, proceedings relating to the winding-up of insolvent companies or other legal persons, judicial arrangements, compositions and analogous proceedings — Definition — Actions deriving directly from insolvency proceedings and closely connected therewith — Whether Regulation No 1346/2000 is applicable

   (Council Regulations No 1346/2000 and No 44/2001, Art. 1(2)(b))

2. Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Insolvency proceedings — Regulation No 1346/2000 — International jurisdiction to open insolvency proceedings — Action to set a transaction aside by virtue of the debtor’s insolvency which has been brought against a defendant whose registered office is in another Member State — Jurisdiction of the courts of the Member State within the territory of which insolvency proceedings have been opened — Exclusive jurisdiction

   (Council Regulation No 1346/2000, Art. 3(1))

1.  See the text of the decision.

   (see paras 28-30)

2.  Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings must be interpreted as meaning that the jurisdiction of the courts of the Member State within the territory of which insolvency proceedings have been opened to hear and determine an action to set a transaction aside by virtue of the debtor’s insolvency which has been brought against a defendant whose registered office or habitual residence is in another Member State is exclusive.

   (see para. 43, operative part)