CELEX: 62006CA0462
Language: en
Date: 2008-05-22 00:00:00
Title: Case C-462/06: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 May 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation, France) — Glaxosmithkline, Laboratoires Glaxosmithkline v Jean-Pierre Rouard (Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Section 5 of Chapter II — Jurisdiction over individual contracts of employment — Section 2 of Chapter II — Special jurisdiction — Article 6, point 1 — More than one defendant)

5.7.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 171/7
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 May 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation, France) — Glaxosmithkline, Laboratoires Glaxosmithkline v Jean-Pierre Rouard
   (Case C-462/06) (1)
   
   (Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 - Section 5 of Chapter II - Jurisdiction over individual contracts of employment - Section 2 of Chapter II - Special jurisdiction - Article 6, point 1 - More than one defendant)
   (2008/C 171/11)
   Language of the case: French
   Referring court
   Cour de cassation
   Parties to the main proceedings
   
      Applicants: Glaxosmithkline, Laboratoires Glaxosmithkline
   
      Defendant: Jean-Pierre Rouard
   Re:
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — Cour de Cassation (France) — Interpretation of Articles 6(1), 18(1) and 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ 2001 L 12, p. 1) — Rules on jurisdiction over individual contracts of employment — Situation of a dismissed worker who had worked, in non-Member States, for two companies in a group with their seats in two different Member States
   Operative part of the judgment
   The rule of special jurisdiction provided for in Article 6, point 1, of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters cannot be applied to a dispute falling under Section 5 of Chapter II of that regulation concerning the jurisdiction rules applicable to individual contracts of employment.
   
      (1)  OJ C 326, 30.12.2006.