Language of document :

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší soud České republiky (Czech Republic) lodged on 23 March 2018 – Jana Petruchová v FIBO Group Holdings Ltd

(Case C-208/18)

Language of the case: Czech

Referring court

Nejvyšší soud České republiky

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Jana Petruchová

Defendant: FIBO Group Holdings Ltd

Question referred

Is Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 1 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 to be interpreted as meaning that a person, such as the applicant in the main proceedings, who engages in trade on FOREX, the international currency exchange market, on the basis of actively placing his own orders, although through a third party who is professionally engaged in that trade, must be regarded as a consumer under that provision?

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1 OJ L 351, 20.12.2012, p. 1.