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    Case C-106/17: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 31 January 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Szczecinie — Poland) — Paweł Hofsoe v LVM Landwirtschaftlicher Versicherungsverein Münster AG (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters — Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 — Article 11(1)(b) and Article 13(2) — Jurisdiction in insurance matters — Scope ratione personae — Concept of ‘injured party’ — Professional in the insurance sector — Not included)

    OJ C 112, 26.3.2018, p. 5–5 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    26.3.2018   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 112/5


    Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 31 January 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Szczecinie — Poland) — Paweł Hofsoe v LVM Landwirtschaftlicher Versicherungsverein Münster AG

    (Case C-106/17) (1)

    ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters - Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 - Article 11(1)(b) and Article 13(2) - Jurisdiction in insurance matters - Scope ratione personae - Concept of ‘injured party’ - Professional in the insurance sector - Not included))

    (2018/C 112/07)

    Language of the case: Polish

    Referring court

    Sąd Okręgowy w Szczecinie

    Parties to the main proceedings

    Applicant: Paweł Hofsoe

    Defendant: LVM Landwirtschaftlicher Versicherungsverein Münster AG

    Operative part of the judgment

    Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, read in conjunction with Article 11(1)(b) of that regulation, must be interpreted as meaning that it may not be relied on by a natural person, whose professional activity consists, inter alia, in recovering claims for damages from insurers and who relies on a contract for the assignment of a claim concluded with the victim of a road accident, to bring a civil liability action against the insurer of the person responsible for that accident, which has its registered office in a Member State other than the Member State of the place of domicile of the injured party, before a court of the Member State in which the injured party is domiciled.


    (1)  OJ C 202, 26.6.2017.


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