CELEX: 62011CN0154
Language: en
Date: 2011-03-29 00:00:00
Title: Case C-154/11: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesarbeitsgericht Berlin-Brandenburg (Germany), lodged on 29 March 2011 — Ahmed Mahamdia v People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

11.6.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 173/6
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Landesarbeitsgericht Berlin-Brandenburg (Germany), lodged on 29 March 2011 — Ahmed Mahamdia v People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
   (Case C-154/11)
   2011/C 173/10
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Landesarbeitsgericht Berlin-Brandenburg
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Ahmed Mahamdia
   
      Defendant: People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Does an embassy of a State outside the scope 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 (‘Regulation No 44/2001’) (1) which is situated in a Member State constitute a branch, agency or other establishment within the meaning of Article 18(2) of Regulation No 44/2001?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               If the answer to the first question should be in the affirmative:
               Can an agreement conferring jurisdiction reached prior to the existence of a dispute confer jurisdiction on a court outside the scope of Regulation No 44/2001, if, by virtue of the agreement conferring jurisdiction, the jurisdiction conferred under Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation No 44/2001 would not apply?
            
         
      (1)  OJ 2001 L 12, p. 1.