Request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas (Lithuania) lodged on 20 December 2018 — AAS BALTA v UAB GRIFS AG

(Case C-803/18)

(2019/C 82/16)

Language of the case: Lithuanian

Referring court

Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant in cassation: AAS BALTA

Other party to the proceedings in cassation: UAB GRIFS AG

Question referred

Must Articles 15(5) and 16(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 (1) 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 be construed as meaning that, in the case of large-risk insurance, an agreement conferring jurisdiction included in the insurance contract concluded between the policyholder and the insurer may be relied on against a person insured under that contract who has not expressly subscribed to that clause and who is habitually resident or established in a Member State other than that of the policyholder and the insurer?

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(1)  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 (OJ 2012 L 351, p. 1).