CELEX: 62016CA0467
Language: en
Date: 2017-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Case C-467/16: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 December 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Stuttgart — Germany) — Brigitte Schlömp v Landratsamt Schwäbisch Hall (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of Freedom, Security and Justice — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters — Lugano II Convention — Lis pendens — Concept of court — Arbitration authority under Swiss law, responsible for the conciliation procedure prior to all substantive proceedings)

26.2.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 72/22
            
         Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 20 December 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Stuttgart — Germany) — Brigitte Schlömp v Landratsamt Schwäbisch Hall
   (Case C-467/16) (1)
   
   ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Area of Freedom, Security and Justice - Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters - Lugano II Convention - Lis pendens - Concept of court - Arbitration authority under Swiss law, responsible for the conciliation procedure prior to all substantive proceedings))
   (2018/C 072/28)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Amtsgericht Stuttgart
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Brigitte Schlömp
   
      Defendant: Landratsamt Schwäbisch Hall
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Articles 27 and 30 the Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, signed on 30 October 2007, which was approved on behalf of the Community by Council Decision 2009/430/EC of 27 November 2008 must be interpreted as meaning that, in the case of lis pendens, the date on which a mandatory arbitration procedure was lodged before an arbitration authority under Swiss law is the date on which a ‘court’ is deemed to be seised.
   
      (1)  OJ C 428, 21.11.2016.