CELEX: C2005/019/27
Language: en
Date: 2005-01-22 00:00:00
Title: Case C-473/04: Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Hof van Cassatie van België by judgment of 22 October 2004 in the case of Plumex v Young Sports N.V.

22.1.2005   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 19/14
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling by the Hof van Cassatie van België by judgment of 22 October 2004 in the case of Plumex v Young Sports N.V.
   (Case C-473/04)
   (2005/C 19/27)
   Language of the case: Dutch
   Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the European Communities by judgment of 22 October 2004 by the Hof van Cassatie van België (Belgian Court of Cassation), which was received at the Court Registry on 9 November 2004, for a preliminary ruling in the case of Plumex v Young Sports N.V. on the following questions:
   
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               Is the service defined in Articles 4 to 11 inclusive [of Regulation No 1348/2000] (1) the principal method of service and service directly by post, as defined in Article 14 [of Regulation No 1348/2000], a secondary method of service, with the proviso that the first method takes precedence over the second method when both are effected in accordance with the legal provisions?
            
         
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               In the case of a combination of methods of service in accordance with Articles 4 to 11 inclusive [of Regulation No 1348/2000], on the one hand, and directly by post in accordance with Article 14 [of Regulation No 1348/2000], on the other, does the period within which the addressee of the service may lodge an appeal commence on the date of the service effected in accordance with Articles 4 to 11 inclusive and not on the date of service effected in accordance with Article 14?
            
         
      (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (OJ 2000 L 160, p. 37).