Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije (Slovenia) lodged on 22 October 2019 — A.B. and B.B. v Personal Exchange International Limited
(Case C-774/19)
Language of the case: Slovenian
Referring court
Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicants: A.B., B.B.
Defendant: Personal Exchange International Limited
Question referred
Must Article 15(1) of Regulation No 44/2001 1 be interpreted as meaning that an online poker playing contract, concluded remotely over the internet by an individual with a foreign operator of online games and subject to that operator’s general terms and conditions, can also be classified as a contract concluded by a consumer for a purpose which can be regarded as being outside his trade or profession, where that individual has, for several years, lived on the income thus obtained or the winnings from playing poker, even though he has no formal registration for that type of activity and in any event does not offer that activity to third parties on the market as a paid service?
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1 Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ 2001 L 12, p. 1).