Order — ECLI:EU:C:2017:459
Date: 2017-06-14
Language of the case: Bulgarian
Court formation: Sixth Chamber
Subject matter: Area of freedom, security and justice;Judicial cooperation in civil matters
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Bulgaria

Summary — Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber), 14 June 2017 Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters — Regulation No 1215/2012 — Scope — Matters excluded — Rights in property arising out of a matrimonial relationship — Concept — Action for liquidation of property acquired during the marriage following the dissolution of that marriage — Included — Inapplicability of the regulation (European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1215/2012, Art. 1(2)(a)) Article 1(2)(a) of 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 must be interpreted as meaning that a dispute such as that in the main proceedings, relating to the liquidation of property — acquired during marriage by spouses who are nationals of a Member State but domiciled in another Member State — after a divorce has taken place, does not come within the scope of that regulation but comes rather within the scope of matrimonial property regimes and, consequently, within the scope of the exclusions listed in Article 1(2)(a) of that regulation. (see para. 32, operative part)