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Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 May 2003. # Préservatrice foncière TIARD SA v Staat der Nederlanden. # Reference for a preliminary ruling: Hoge Raad der Nederlanden - Netherlands. # Brussels Convention - Article 1 - Scope - Concept of civil and commercial matters - Concept of customs matters - Action based on a guarantee contract between the State and an insurance company - Contract entered into in order to satisfy a condition imposed by the State on associations of carriers, principal debtors, under Article 6 of the TIR Convention. # Case C-266/01.
A Bíróság (ötödik tanács) május 15.-i ítélete: 2003.
Préservatrice foncière TIARD SA kontra Staat der Nederlanden.
Előzetes döntéshozatal iránti kérelem: Hoge Raad der Nederlanden - Hollandia.
Brüsszeli Egyezmény - 1. cikk.
C-266/01. sz. ügy
A Bíróság (ötödik tanács) május 15.-i ítélete: 2003.
Préservatrice foncière TIARD SA kontra Staat der Nederlanden.
Előzetes döntéshozatal iránti kérelem: Hoge Raad der Nederlanden - Hollandia.
Brüsszeli Egyezmény - 1. cikk.
C-266/01. sz. ügy
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2003:282
«(Brussels Convention – Article 1 – Scope – Concept of civil and commercial matters – Concept of customs matters – Action based on a guarantee contract between the State and an insurance company – Contract entered into in order to satisfy a condition imposed by the State on associations of carriers, principal debtors, under Article 6 of the TIR Convention)»
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(Brussels Convention of 27 September 1968, Art. 1, first para.)
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Fifth Chamber)
15 May 2003 (1)
((Brussels Convention – Article 1 – Scope – Concept of civil and commercial matters – Concept of customs matters – Action based on a guarantee contract between the State and an insurance company – Contract entered into in order to satisfy a condition imposed by the State on associations of carriers, principal debtors, under Article 6 of the TIR Convention))
In Case C-266/01, REFERENCE to the Court under the Protocol of 3 June 1971 on the interpretation by the Court of Justice of the Convention of 27 September 1968 on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters by the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between Préservatrice foncière TIARD SAand
Staat der Nederlanden, on the interpretation of Article 1 of the abovementioned Convention of 27 September 1968 (OJ 1978 L 304, p. 36), as amended by the Convention of 9 October 1978 on the Accession of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (OJ 1978 L 304, p. 1, and ─ amended text ─ p. 77), by the Convention of 25 October 1982 on the Accession of the Hellenic Republic (OJ 1982 L 388, p. 1) and by the Convention of 26 May 1989 on the Accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic (OJ 1989 L 285, p. 1),THE COURT (Fifth Chamber),,
after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of:
having regard to the Report for the Hearing,
after hearing the oral observations of Préservatrice foncière TIARD SA, represented by R.S. Meijer, advocaat, of the Netherlands Government, represented by N.A.J. Bel, acting as Agent, and of the Commission, represented by A.-M. Rouchaud and H. van Vliet, at the hearing on 17 October 2002,
after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 5 December 2002,
gives the following
On those grounds,
THE COURT (Fifth Chamber),
in answer to the questions referred to it by the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden by judgment of 18 May 2001, hereby rules:
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Edward |
La Pergola |
Jann |
Rosas |
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R. Grass |
M. Wathelet |
Registrar |
President of the Fifth Chamber |