CELEX: C2006/131/25
Language: en
Date: 2006-06-03 00:00:00
Title: Case C-234/04: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of  16 March 2006  (reference for a preliminary ruling of Landesgericht Innsbruck (Austria)) — Rosmarie Kapferer v Schlank & Schick GmbH (Jurisdiction in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Interpretation of Article 15 — Jurisdiction over consumer contracts — Prize notification — Misleading advertising — Judgment on jurisdiction — Res judicata — Review on appeal — Legal certainty — Primacy of Community law — Article 10 EC)

3.6.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 131/14
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 March 2006 (reference for a preliminary ruling of Landesgericht Innsbruck (Austria)) — Rosmarie Kapferer v Schlank & Schick GmbH
   (Case C-234/04) (1)
   
   (Jurisdiction in civil matters - Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 - Interpretation of Article 15 - Jurisdiction over consumer contracts - Prize notification - Misleading advertising - Judgment on jurisdiction - Res judicata - Review on appeal - Legal certainty - Primacy of Community law - Article 10 EC)
   (2006/C 131/25)
   Language of the case: German
   Referring court
   Landesgericht Innsbruck (Austria)
   Parties to the main proceedings
   
      Applicant: Rosmarie Kapferer
   
      Defendant: Schlank & Schick GmbH
   Re:
   REFERENCE for a preliminary ruling — Landesgericht Innsbruck — Interpretation of Art. I0 EC — Duty of court of appeal to review and set aside a final first instance judicial decision on jurisdiction where there is an infringement of Community law — Interpretation of Art. 15(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/100 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgements in civil and commercial matters (OJ 2001 L 12, p.1) — National law on consumer protection providing for a right to the prize supposedly won by the addressee of misleading advertising.
   Operative part of the judgment
   The principle of cooperation under Article 10 EC does not require a national court to disapply its internal rules of procedure in order to review and set aside a final judicial decision if that decision should be contrary to Community law.
   
      (1)  OJ C 251 of 09.10.2004.