CELEX: C1999/001/20
Language: en
Date: 1999-01-04 00:00:00
Title: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division, Chancery Division, by order of that court of 2 October 1998, in the case of 1. Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft and 2. Hoechst UK Ltd against 1. Inland Revenue Commissioners and 2. HM Attorney General (Case C-410/98) (1999/C 1/20)

4.1.1999               EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                     C 1/11
Reference for a preliminary ruling by the High Court of                  established in a Member State rely on the specific rules on
Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division,                       jurisdiction set out in that Convention against a plaintiff
Chancery Division, by order of that court of 2 October                   domiciled in Canada?
1998, in the case of 1. Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
and 2. Hoechst UK Ltd against 1. Inland Revenue                          Do the rules on jurisdiction specific to matters relating to
         Commissioners and 2. HM Attorney General                        insurance set out in Article 7 et seq. of the Brussels
                                                                         Convention apply to matters relating to reinsurance?
                         (Case C-410/98)
                           (1999/C 1/20)
Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the
European Communities by an order of the High Court of                    Appeal brought on 23 November 1998 by the
Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division,                       Commission of the European Communities against the
Chancery Division, of 2 October 1998, which was                          judgment delivered on 17 September 1998 by the First
received at the Court Registry on 17 November 1998, for                  Chamber of the Court of First Instance of the European
a preliminary ruling in the case of 1. Hoechst                           Communities in Case T-50/96 between Primex Produkte
Aktiengesellschaft and 2. Hoechst UK Ltd against 1.                      Import-Export GmbH & Co. KG, Gebr. Kruse GmbH and
Inland Revenue Commissioners and 2. HM Attorney                          Interporc Im- und Export GmbH, supported by the United
General, on questions which are identical to those in Case               Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the
C-397/98 (1), Metallgesellschaft Ltd and Others against                           Commission of the European Communities
Commissioners of Inland Revenue and HM Attorney
                                                                                              (Case C-417/98 P)
General.
                                                                                                 (1999/C 1/22)
(1) Published in this Official Journal at page 7.
                                                                         An appeal against the judgment delivered on 17 September
                                                                         1998 by the First Chamber of the Court of First Instance
                                                                         of the European Communities in Case T-50/96 between
                                                                         Primex Produkte Import-Export GmbH & Co. KG, Gebr.
                                                                         Kruse GmbH and Interporc Im- und Export GmbH,
Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Cour d'Appel                   supported by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
de Versailles (12th Chamber) by judgment of that court                   Northern Ireland, and the Commission of the European
of 5 November 1998 in the case of SocieÂteÂ Group                        Communities was brought before the Court of Justice of
Josi Reinsurance Company SA against Compagnie                            the European Communities on 23 November 1998 by the
d'Assurances Universal General Insurance Company                         Commission of the European Communities, represented
                               UGIC'                                    by Jean-Louis Dewost, Director-General of the
                                                                         Commission's Legal Service, and Götz zur Hausen, Legal
                         (Case C-412/98)
                                                                         Adviser, of its Legal Service, with an address for service in
                           (1999/C 1/21)                                 Luxembourg at the Office of Carlos Gómez de la Cruz, of
                                                                         its Legal Service, Wagner Centre, Kirchberg.
Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the                   The appellant claims that the Court should:
European Communities by judgment of the Cour d'Appel
(Court of Appeal), Versailles (12th Chamber) of                          Ð Set aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance
5 November 1998, received at the Court Registry on                            of 17 September 1998 in Case T-50/96.
19 November 1998, for a preliminary ruling in the case of
SocieÂteÂ Group Josi Reinsurance Company SA against                      Ð Dismiss the action in that case.
Compagnie d'Assurances Universal General Insurance
Company UGIC' on the following questions:                               Ð Order the respondents to pay the costs.
                                                                         Pleas in law and main arguments adduced in support:
Does the Brussels Convention of 27 September 1968 on
jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and               The pleas in law and main arguments are the same as in
commercial matters apply not only to intra-Community'                   Case C-163/98 P (1).
disputes but also to disputes which are integrated into the
Community'? More particularly, can a defendant                           (1) OJ C 258, 15.8.1998, p. 14.