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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Antwerpen (Belgium) lodged on 31 January 2019 — Belgische Staat, vertegenwoordigd door de Minister van Werk, Economie en Consumenten, belast met Buitenlandse handel, Belgische Staat, vertegenwoordigd door de Directeur-Generaal van de Algemene Directie Economische Inspectie, Directeur-Generaal van de Algemene Directie Economische Inspectie v Movic BV, Events Belgium BV, Leisure Tickets & Activities International BV

(Case C-73/19)

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Hof van beroep te Antwerpen

Parties to the main proceedings

Appellants: Belgische Staat, vertegenwoordigd door de Minister van Werk, Economie en Consumenten, belast met Buitenlandse handel, Belgische Staat, vertegenwoordigd door de Directeur-Generaal van de Algemene Directie Economische Inspectie, Directeur-Generaal van de Algemene Directie Economische Inspectie

Respondents: Movic BV, Events Belgium BV, Leisure Tickets & Activities International BV

Question referred

Is an action concerning a claim aimed at determining and stopping infringing market practices and/or commercial practices towards consumers, instituted by the Belgian Government in respect of Dutch companies which from the Netherlands, via websites, focus on a mainly Belgian clientele for the resale of tickets for events taking place in Belgium, pursuant to Article 14 of the wet van 30 juli 2013 betreffende de verkoop van toegangsbewijzen tot evenementen (Law of 30 July 2013 regarding the sale of admission tickets to events) and pursuant to Article XVII.7 WER, a civil or commercial matter within the meaning of Article 1(1) of the European Regulation 1215/2012 1 of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, and can a judicial decision in such a case, for that reason, fall within the scope of that Regulation?

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1     Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ 2012 L 351, p. 1).