CELEX: 62016CA0372
Language: en
Date: 2017-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Case C-372/16: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 20 December 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht München — Germany) — Soha Sahyouni v Raja Mamisch (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 — Enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation — Recognition of a private divorce obtained before a religious court in a third country — Scope of that regulation)

26.2.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 72/16
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 20 December 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht München — Germany) — Soha Sahyouni v Raja Mamisch
   (Case C-372/16) (1)
   
   ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Area of freedom, security and justice - Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 - Enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation - Recognition of a private divorce obtained before a religious court in a third country - Scope of that regulation))
   (2018/C 072/21)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Oberlandesgericht München
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Soha Sahyouni
   
      Defendant: Raja Mamisch
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Article 1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 of 20 December 2010 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation must be interpreted as meaning that a divorce resulting from a unilateral declaration made by one of the spouses before a religious court, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, does not come within the substantive scope of that regulation.
   
      (1)  OJ C 343, 19.9.2016.