Action brought before the entry into force - Judgment given after that date - Recognition and enforcement according to the Convention - Conditions - Review of the jurisdiction of the court of the State of origin - Jurisdiction based on the place of performance of the contractual obligation - Excluded by virtue of the reservation made by Switzerland with respect to judgments based on that head of jurisdiction - Prorogation of jurisdiction - Interpretation in the light of the case-law of the Court of Justice on the Brussels Convention - No proof of compliance with the formal requirements - Refusal to issue an enforcement order - N° 1994/17
1982 Accession Convention - Greek judgment given after the date of entry into force of the Convention but related to a claim lodged before that date - Recognition and enforcement in France - Conformity with the head of jurisdiction in Article 5(1) - N° 1997/31
Appearance of the defendant before the courts of another Contracting State before the entry into force of the Convention - Article 18 of the Convention not applicable - N°1997/43
Proceedings commenced before the entry into force of the Convention - Appeal to the court of last instance decided after the entry into force - Non-applicability of the Convention - Convention taken into account for the interpretation of the applicable national rules of procedure - N° 1998/12
Recognition and enforcement - Action brought before the entry into force of the Convention for the State of origin and the State addressed -Judgment rendered after that date - Applicability of the Convention - N° 1998/15
1989 Accession Convention - Action brought and judgment given in Germany prior to the ratification of the 1989 Convention by that State -Defendant having had his last known domicile in Spain - Application for enforcement lodged in Spain - Non-applicability of the Brussels Convention - Application of the bilateral Convention between Spain and the Federal Republic of Germany of 14 November 1983 - N° 1998/16
1982 Accession Convention - Proceedings brought in Greece before its entry into force - Judgment given thereafter - Review of the jurisdiction of the court of origin - N° 1998/17
1989 Accession Convention - Action brought before entry into force of the Convention in the State of the court designated by the agreement conferring jurisdiction (Germany) - Consideration solely of the entry into force in the State of thecourt hearing the action (France) - Application of the Convention as modified by the 1989 Accession Convention - N° 1998/26
1982 Accession Convention - Greek decision pronounced after entry into force of the convention following an action brought before that date - Application for enforcement - Determination of the jurisdiction of the Greek courts according to the provisions of Title II of the Brussels Convention - N° 1998/28
1989 Accession Convention - Dispute arising after entry into force of the 1989 Accession Convention in the State of the court seised but concerning a contract concluded before that date - Accession Convention applies - N° 1998/44
Litigation started before the entry into force of the Convention - Judgment on final appeal given after the entry into force - Inapplicability of the Convention - Convention taken into account for the interpretation of the applicable national rules of procedure - N° 1999/14
Matters relating to insurance - Prorogation of jurisdiction - Clause conferring jurisdiction agreed upon before the entry into force of the Convention - Validity - Action brought after the entry into force of the Convention - Determination of validity according to the Convention - Invalidity - N° 1999/34
Recognition and enforcement according to the regime of Article 54 (2) - Action brought before the entry into force of the Convention -Decision rendered after the entry into force - Review of the jurisdiction of the court of origin - Proceeding involving the same cause of action and between the same parties brought in a court of the requested State (other than the court first seized) - Irrelevance of the lis pendens within the frame of the review of the jurisdiction of the court of origin - Exclusive character of the grounds of refusal of Articles 27 and 28 - N° 1999/36
Proceedings brought in the courts of different Contracting States before the entry into force - Identity of the parties following a voluntary and a compulsory joinder after the entry into force - Lis pendens - Applicability of Article 21 of the Convention - N° 1999/61
Proceedings brought by the same parties in Switzerland and in Italy before the entry into force of the Convention in these States - Issue of international jurisdiction to be solved on the basis of international conventions applicable before the entry into force of the Convention - Absence of identity of the causes of action in the two proceedings and confirmation of its jurisdiction by the Italian court seized - Judgment of a Swiss court rendered after the entry into force of the Convention establishing the jurisdiction of the Swiss court - Recognition in Italy in accordance with Article 54(2) of the Convention - Exclusion - N° 1999/67
Proceedings brought in the courts of a Contracting State after the entry into force of the Convention - Applicability of the Convention - N° 2000/28
Action brought before the entry into force of the Convention - Enforcement pursuant to the Convention - N° 2001/14
1989 Accession Convention - Territorial scope - Territory (Gibraltar) situated outside the Contracting State providing international representation for that territory (United Kingdom) - Excluded - N° 2002/32
Claim in a matter relating to maintenance against a defendant domiciled in Italy - Legal proceedings brought in Poland before the entry into force of the Lugano Convention in that country - Inapplicability of the Lugano Convention - Application of the Convention between Italy and Poland of 28/04/1989 - N° 2002/56
Proceedings instituted before the entry into force of the Convention - Enforcement in accordance with the Convention - Conditions - Compliance with the provisions laid down in Title II or with other international provisions of equivalent effect - Scope - N° 2004/38
Council Regulation No 44/2001 – Council Regulations No 2201/2003 and No 1347/2000 – Transitional provisions – Divorce decree issued before entry into force of the Regulation – Inapplicability of the Regulation - N° 2008/40
Council Regulation No 44/2001 – Transitional provisions – Recognition and enforcement of order relating to maintenance obligations made before entry into force of the Regulation – Inapplicability of the Regulation - N° 2008/40
Recognition and enforcement - Judgment by a German court delivered before Poland’s accession to the European Union - Regulation No 44/2001 not applicable - Proceedings instituted after the entry into force of the Convention in Poland and Germany - Whether Convention applicable - N° 2009/60
