Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 June 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší soud České republiky — Czech Republic) — Wolf Naturprodukte GmbH v SEWAR spol. s r.o.

(Case C-514/10) (1)

(Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters - Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 - Temporal scope - Enforcement of a judgment delivered before the accession of the State of enforcement to the European Union)

2012/C 250/04

Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Nejvyšší soud České republiky

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Wolf Naturprodukte GmbH

Defendant: SEWAR spol. s r. o.

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Nejvyšší soud České republiky — Interpretation of Article 66(2) 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) — Temporal scope — Enforcement of a judgment delivered before the accession of the State of enforcement to the European Union

Operative part of the judgment

Article 66(2) 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, for that regulation to be applicable for the purpose of the recognition and enforcement of a judgment, it is necessary that at the time of delivery of that judgment the regulation was in force both in the Member State of origin and in the Member State addressed.

(1)  OJ C 13, 15.11.2011.