Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 28 January 2015

Harald Kolassa v Barclays Bank plc

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Handelsgericht Wien

Area of freedom, security and justice — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters — Consumer contracts — Consumer, domiciled in one Member State, having purchased securities issued by a bank in another Member State from an intermediary established in a third Member State — Jurisdiction for actions brought against the bank that issued those securities

Case C-375/13


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
13/03/2015 Kolassa
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2015:37		 28/01/2015 Kolassa
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2015:37		 28/01/2015 Kolassa
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
06/09/2013 Kolassa
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2014:2135		 03/09/2014 Kolassa
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.02 Judicial cooperation in civil matters
      4.06.02.01 Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments – Civil and commercial matters
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.02 Judicial cooperation in civil matters
      4.06.02.01 Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments – Civil and commercial matters
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.02 Judicial cooperation in civil matters
      4.06.02.01 Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments – Civil and commercial matters
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.02 Judicial cooperation in civil matters
      4.06.02.01 Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments – Civil and commercial matters


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 03/07/2013

Date of the Opinion

  • 03/09/2014

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

28/01/2015


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 107 from 30.03.2015, p.4

Application: OJ C 274 from 21.09.2013, p.6

Name of the parties

Kolassa

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Müller, Michael: EuGVVO: Gerichtsstand für Schadensersatzklage eines Verbrauchers wegen Wertverlust einer Finanzinvestition, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2015 p.218-226 (DE)
  2. Freitag, Robert: Internationale Prospekthaftung revisited – Zur Auslegung des europäischen Kollisionsrechts vor dem Hintergrund der „Kolassa“-Entscheidung des EuGH, Wertpapier-Mitteilungen 2015 p.1165-1173 (DE)
  3. Cotiga, Andra: I.A. Régulation européenne. C.J.U.E., 28 Janvier 2015, Harald Kolassa c. Barclays Bank PLC, Aff. C-375/13, Revue Internationale des Services Financiers 2015 n° 02 p.40-49 (FR)
  4. Meilhac-Perri, Marion: II. A Régulation européenne. C.J.U.E. (4ème CH), 18 Janvier 2005, Aff. C-375/13, Harald Kolassa c. Barclays Bank PLC, Revue Internationale des Services Financiers 2015 n° 02 p.70-73 (FR)
  5. Haftel, Bernard: Circulation internationale des titres financiers, action en responsabilité et compétence juridictionnelle : questions de qualification, Revue des contrats 2015 p.547-551 (FR)
  6. Strikwerda, L.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2015 nº 4088-4090 (NL)
  7. Haentjens, M. ; Verheeij, D.J.: Waar ziin de effecten? Lokaliseren van vermogensschade na Kolassa, Aansprakelijkheid en verzekering - A & V 2015 p.156-163 (NL)
  8. Psaroudakis, Giorgos: Forum actoris stis agoges zimiothenton ependyton, Epitheorisis tou Emporikou Dikaiou 2015 p.939-943 (EL)
  9. Miguel Asensio, Pedro A. de: Sentencia del Tribunal de Justicia de 28 de enero de 2015, asunto C-375/13, Harald Kolossa y Barclays Bank plc., Revista española de Derecho Internacional 2015 n°67 p. 189-192 (ES)
  10. Laazouzi, Malik: Cour de justice, 4e ch., 28 janvier 2015, Harald Kolassa, aff. C-375/13, ECLI:EU:C:2015:37, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2015 (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2015 p.827-831 (FR)
  11. Steinrötter, Björn: Der notorische Problemfall der grenzüberschreitenden Prospekthaftung, Recht der internationalen Wirtschaft 2015 Heft 7 p.407-414 (DE)
  12. Combet, Mathieu: La protection des investisseurs dans l'espace judiciaire européen et les risques de dissémination du contentieux pour les établissements bancaires et financiers, Revue Lamy droit des affaires 2015 nº 103 p.49-53 (FR)
  13. Idot, Laurence: Compétence en matière d'investissements financiers, Europe 2015 Mars Comm. nº 3 p.37-38 (FR)
  14. Boskovic, Olivera: Compétence européenne en matière délictuelle : localisation du préjudice financier subi par l'investisseur, Revue critique de droit international privé 2015 nº 4 p.934-940 (FR)
  15. Fyon, Marc: Regards croisés sur l’arrêt Kolassa et sur diverses questions liées aux actions en responsabilité à l’encontre des émetteurs d'instruments financiers, Tijdschrift voor rechtspersoon en vennootschap 2016 p.416-429 (FR)
  16. Lehmann, Matthias: Prospectus liability and private international law – assessing the landscape after the CJEU’s Kolassa ruling (Case C-375/13), Journal of private international law 2016 Vol. 12 p.318-343 (EN)
  17. Wendelstein, Christioph: Die Behandlung der Prospekthaftung des Emittenten im europäischen Zuständigkeitsrecht, Zeitschrift für Gemeinschaftsprivatrecht 2016 p.140-148 (DE)
  18. Staudinger, Ansgar ; Bauer, Christina: Der Vertragsbegriff des Art. 15 Abs. 1 lit. c EuGVVO 2001 (Art. 17 Abs. 1 lit. c EuGVVO) in typischen „Vermittlerkonstellationen“ – eine Abgrenzung von Pauschalreise- zu Kapitalanlageverträgen, Praxis des internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts 2016 p.107-111 (DE)
  19. Laazouzi, Malik: XXI. Compétence des juridictions et lois applicables - Cour de justice, 4e ch., 28 janvier 2015, Harald Kolassa, aff. C-375/13, ECLI:EU:C:2015:37, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2015. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2016, p. 827-831 (FR)
  20. Wautelet, Patrick: L'arrêt Kolassa: quel tribunal pour le contentieux de l'investissement financier?, Revue de droit commercial belge 2017 p.53-64 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Handelsgericht Wien - Austria

Subject-matter

  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters

Provisions of national law referred to

Bundesgesetz über das öffentliche Anbieten von Wertpapieren und anderen Kapitalveranlagungen und über die Aufhebung des Wertpapier-Emissionsgesetzes (Kapitalmarktgesetz - KMG), Paragraph 11 Bundesgesetz über Investmentfonds (Investmentfondsgesetz 2011 – InvFG 2011), Paragraph 26 Gesetz vom 1. August 1895, über die Ausübung der Gerichtsbarkeit und die Zuständigkeit der ordentlichen Gerichte in bürgerlichen Rechtssachen (Jurisdiktionsnorm - JN), Paragraph 41

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

quatrième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Safjan

Advocate General

Szpunar

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French