21.9.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 311/19


Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Apelacyjny w Warszawie (Poland) lodged on 17 June 2015 — Edyta Mikołajczyk v Marie Louise Czarnecka, Stefan Czarnecki

(Case C-294/15)

(2015/C 311/23)

Language of the case: Polish

Referring court

Sąd Apelacyjny w Warszawie

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Edyta Mikołajczyk

Defendants: Marie Louise Czarnecka, Stefan Czarnecki

Questions referred

1.

Are cases relating to annulment of a marriage following the death of one of the spouses within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 (1)?

2.

In the event of an affirmative answer to Question 1, does the scope of that regulation extend to an action for annulment of marriage brought by a person other than one of the spouses?

3.

In the event of an affirmative answer to Question 2, in actions for annulment of marriage brought by a person other than one of the spouses, may the jurisdiction of the court be based on the grounds mentioned in the fifth and sixth indents of Article 3(1)(a) of the regulation?


(1)  OJ 2003 L 338, p. 1.