Case C‑652/20

HW and Others

v

Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG

(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Bucureşti)

Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 30 June 2022

(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 – Jurisdiction in insurance matters – Article 11(1)(b) – Action brought by the policyholder, the insured or a beneficiary – Possibility of suing the insurer in the courts for the place where the claimant is domiciled – Determination of the international and local jurisdiction of a court of a Member State – Article 13(2) – Actions brought by the injured party directly against the insurer – Insurer domiciled in a Member State and having an establishment in another Member State sued in the court within whose jurisdiction that establishment is situated)

1. Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – Regulation No 1215/2012 – Jurisdiction in insurance matters – Actions brought against the insurer – Jurisdiction of the courts for the place where the claimant is domiciled – Scope

   (Convention of 27 September 1968, Arts 5(1) and (3) and 8, first para., points 1 and 2; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1215/2012, recitals 15 and 16 and Arts 4(1), 7(1)(b) and (2) and 11(1)(a) and (b); Council Regulation No 44/2001, Art. 5(1)(b))

   (see paragraphs 37-43, 46-48, 52-57, operative part)

2. Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters – Regulation No 1215/2012 – Jurisdiction in insurance matters – Autonomous system for the conferral of jurisdiction

   (European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1215/2012, Chapter II, Section 3)

   (see paragraph 45)

See the text of the decision.