CELEX: 62009CA0283
Language: en
Date: 2011-02-17 00:00:00
Title: Case C-283/09: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 February 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy Warszawa — Republic of Poland) — Artur Weryński v Mediatel 4B Spółka z o.o. (Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Taking of evidence — Examination of a witness by the requested court upon application by the requesting court — Payment of witness expenses)

2.4.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 103/5
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 February 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy Warszawa — Republic of Poland) — Artur Weryński v Mediatel 4B Spółka z o.o.
   (Case C-283/09) (1)
   
   (Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Taking of evidence - Examination of a witness by the requested court upon application by the requesting court - Payment of witness expenses)
   2011/C 103/06
   Language of the case: Polish
   
      Referring court
   
   Sąd Rejonowy Warszawa
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Artur Weryński
   
      Defendant: Mediatel 4B Spółka z o.o.
   
      Re:
   
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — Interpretation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 of 28 May 2001 on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters (OJ 2001 L 174, p. 1) — Hearing of a witness by a court of a Member State at the request of a court of another Member State — Witness expenses — Possibility for the requested court to demand from the requesting court payment of an advance for the witness heard
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Articles 14 and 18 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 of 28 May 2001 on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters must be interpreted as meaning that a requesting court is not obliged to pay an advance to the requested court for the expenses of a witness or to reimburse the expenses paid to the witness examined.
   
      (1)  OJ C 244, 10.10.2009.