25.7.2022   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 284/18


Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa (Portugal) lodged on 20 April 2022 — Fonds de Garantie des Victimes des Actes de Terrorisme et d’Autres Infractions (FGTI) v Victoria Seguros S.A.

(Case C-264/22)

(2022/C 284/20)

Language of the case: Portuguese

Referring court

Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellant: Fonds de Garantie des Victimes des Actes de Terrorisme et d’Autres Infractions (FGTI)

Respondent: Victoria Seguros S.A.

Question referred

Is the law applicable to the limitation rules for the right to claim compensation that of the place of the accident (Portuguese law), in accordance with Articles 4(l) and 15(h) of Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 (Rome II) or, if the injured party’s place is taken by subrogation, is the ‘law of the third person’ subrogee (French law) applicable in accordance with Article 19 of that Regulation?


(1)  Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II) (OJ 2007 L 199, p. 40).