Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 18 November 2013 – Coty Germany GmbH v Stadtsparkasse Magdeburg
(Case C-580/13)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Bundesgerichtshof
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Coty Germany GmbH
Defendant: Stadtsparkasse Magdeburg
Question referred
Must Article 8(3)(e) of Directive 2004/48/EC 1 be interpreted as precluding a national provision which, in a case such as that in the main proceedings, allows a banking institution to refuse, by invoking banking secrecy, to provide information pursuant to Article 8(1)(c) of that directive concerning the name and address of an account holder?
________________________1 Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (OJ 2004 L 157, p. 45).