CELEX: 62012CN0324
Language: en
Date: 2012-07-09 00:00:00
Title: Case C-324/12: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Handelsgericht Wien (Austria) lodged on 9 July 2012 — Novontech-Zala Kft v LOGICDATA Electronic & Software Entwicklungs GmbH

6.10.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 303/13
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Handelsgericht Wien (Austria) lodged on 9 July 2012 — Novontech-Zala Kft v LOGICDATA Electronic & Software Entwicklungs GmbH
   (Case C-324/12)
   2012/C 303/24
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Handelsgericht Wien
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Appellant and defendant: Novontech-Zala Kft
   
      Respondent and applicant: LOGICDATA Electronic & Software Entwicklungs GmbH
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Does the failure on the part of a party’s lawyer to comply with the time limit for opposing a European order for payment constitute fault on the part of the defendant for the purposes of Article 20(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 creating a European order for payment procedure? (1)
               
            
         
               2.
            
            
               If fault on the part of the lawyer representing the defendant is not to be regarded as fault on the part of the defendant itself, is the failure of the former to take note of the correct date of expiry of the time limit for opposing a European order for payment to be regarded as an extraordinary circumstance within the meaning of Article 20(2) of Regulation 1896/2006?
            
         
      (1)  OJ 2006 L 399, p. 1.