CELEX: 62008CA0167
Language: en
Date: 2009-04-23 00:00:00
Title: Case C-167/08: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 April 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie van België (Belgium)) — Draka NK Cables Ltd, AB Sandvik International, VO Sembodja BV, Parc Healthcare International Ltd v Omnipol Ltd (Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Article 43(1) — Jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments — Notion of party ))

20.6.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 141/18
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 April 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van Cassatie van België (Belgium)) — Draka NK Cables Ltd, AB Sandvik International, VO Sembodja BV, Parc Healthcare International Ltd v Omnipol Ltd
   (Case C-167/08) (1)
   
   (Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 - Article 43(1) - Jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments - Notion of ‘party’))
   2009/C 141/30
   Language of the case: Dutch
   
      Referring court
   
   Hof van Cassatie van België
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicants: Draka NK Cables Ltd, AB Sandvik International, VO Sembodja BV, Parc Healthcare International Ltd
   
      Defendant: Omnipol Ltd
   
      Re:
   
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — Hof van Cassatie van België — Interpretation of Article 43(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 (‘Brussels I’) (OJ 2001 L 12, p. 1) — Notion of ‘party’ — Action brought by a creditor in the name and for the account of his debtor — Decision relating to a request for a declaration of enforceability
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   Article 43(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 must be interpreted as meaning that a creditor of a debtor cannot lodge an appeal against a decision on a request for a declaration of enforceability if he has not formally appeared as a party in the proceedings in which another creditor of that debtor applied for that declaration of enforceability.
   
      (1)  OJ C 183, 19.7.2008.