Case C-466/11: Order of the Court (Third Chamber) of 12 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale ordinario di Brescia — Italy) — Gennaro Currà and Others v Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 92(1) of the Rules of Procedure — Action brought by the victims of massacres against a Member State as the party liable for acts committed by its armed forces in wartime — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court)
Date: 2012-07-12
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, EU Member State, armed forces, indemnification, jurisdiction, victim, war








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6.10.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 303/5





Order of the Court (Third Chamber) of 12 July 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale ordinario di Brescia — Italy) — Gennaro Currà and Others v Bundesrepublik Deutschland
(Case C-466/11) (1)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Article 92(1) of the Rules of Procedure - Action brought by the victims of massacres against a Member State as the party liable for acts committed by its armed forces in wartime - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court)
2012/C 303/08
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale ordinario di Brescia

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Gennaro Currà, Nadia Orlandi heir of Aldo Orlandi, Renzo Ciro Malago heir of Federico Malago, Ruberto Ezecchia, Camillo Turchetti, Franco Forni, Ilva Morselli heir of Ermenegildo Morselli, Elisa Ghisolfi and Anna Ghisolfi joint heirs of Luca Ghisolfi, Primo Zelioli, Francesco Perondi, Anna Furgeri heir of Agide Furgeri, Elena Penzani and Gian Luigi Penzani joint heirs of Carlo Penzani, Renato Mortari, Ada Zaccaria heir of Sigifredo Zaccaria, Erino Alberti, Gabriella Boccaletti heir of Mario Boccaletti, Rita Boccasanta heir of Ernesto Boccasanta, Alberto Borelli, Pierantonio Foresti heir of Franco Foresti, Irmo Sancassiani, Ennio Mischi heir of Aldo Mischi, Graziano Broglia heir of Rosolino Broglia, Alba Spinella and Maria Raffaella Spinella joint heirs of Vincenzo Rocco Spinella, Giuseppe Ferri, Alessandra Fontanabona heir of Giulio Fontanabona, Luciana, Mariuccia and Giulietta Pedratti joint heirs of Carlo Pedratti, Raffaele Colucci

Defendant: Bundesrepublik Deutschland

In the presence of: Repubblica italiana

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Tribunale ordinario di Brescia — Interpretation of Articles 3, 4(3), 6 and 21 TEU and Articles 17, 47 and 52 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Crimes against humanity — Action brought by victims of massacres against a Member State as the party liable for acts committed by its armed forces in wartime — Victims’ right to compensation — Whether time-barring of this right is permissible — Whether it is permissible that the Member State in question should claim immunity from jurisdiction

Operative part of the order

It is clear that the Court of Justice of the European Union has no jurisdiction to take cognisance of the request for a preliminary ruling submitted by the Tribunale ordinario di Brescia (Italy).


(1)  OJ C 347, 26.11.2011.