CELEX: 62012CA0218
Language: en
Date: 2013-10-17 00:00:00
Title: Case C-218/12: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 17 October 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Saarbrücken — Germany) — Lokman Emrek v Vlado Sabranovic (Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Article 15(1)(c) — Jurisdiction over consumer contracts — Whether jurisdiction limited to distance contracts — Causal link between the commercial or professional activity directed to the Member State of the consumer’s domicile via an Internet site and the conclusion of the contract)

14.12.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 367/14
            
         Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 17 October 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Saarbrücken — Germany) — Lokman Emrek v Vlado Sabranovic
   (Case C-218/12) (1)
   
   (Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 - Article 15(1)(c) - Jurisdiction over consumer contracts - Whether jurisdiction limited to distance contracts - Causal link between the commercial or professional activity directed to the Member State of the consumer’s domicile via an Internet site and the conclusion of the contract)
   2013/C 367/23
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Landgericht Saarbrücken
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Lokman Emrek
   
      Defendant: Vlado Sabranovic
   
      Re:
   
   Request for a preliminary ruling — Landgericht Saarbrücken — Interpretation of Article 15(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ 2001 L 12, p. 1) — Jurisdiction over consumer contracts — Situation in which a trader operates an internet site ‘directed’ towards the Member State in which the consumer is resident — Need for a causal link between that activity and the conclusion of the contract by the consumer — Possible restriction of jurisdiction over consumer contracts to contracts which have been concluded at a distance
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Article 15(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters must be interpreted as meaning that that it does not require the existence of a causal link between the means employed to direct the commercial or professional activity to the Member State of the consumer’s domicile. However, the existence of such a causal link constitutes evidence of the connection between the contract and such activity.
   
      (1)  OJ C 243, 11.8.2012.