62019CO0234_INF
Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 November 2019 — EOS Matrix
(Case C‑234/19)
(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 53(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 805/2004 — European Enforcement Order — Notary acting in the context of enforcement proceedings on the basis of an authentic document — Non-adversarial proceedings — Article 18 TFEU — Reverse discrimination — No connection to EU law — Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court)
1.
Questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Jurisdiction of the Court — Limits — Request for interpretation of provisions of EU law manifestly inapplicable in the dispute in the main proceedings — Dispute relating to a purely domestic situation — Lack of jurisdiction of the Court
(Arts 18 and 267 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 53(2); European Parliament and Council Regulations No 805/2004 and No 1215/2012)
(see paras 18-26, 28, 29, operative part)
2.
Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters — Regulation No 1215/2012 — Scope — Situation with no cross-border element — Not included
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 1215/2012)
(see paras 21, 22)
3.
Questions referred for a preliminary ruling — Jurisdiction of the Court — Limits — Interpretation of provisions of international law binding on the Member States outside of the EU law framework — Not included
(Art. 267 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 47 and 51(1))
(see para. 27)
Operative part
The Court of Justice of the European Union manifestly lacks jurisdiction to answer the questions referred by the Trgovački sud u Zagrebu (Commercial Court, Croatia).