Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 13 May 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas (Lithuania)) — ‘Gazprom’ OAO

(Case C-536/13) ¹

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Scope — Arbitration — Not included — Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards — Order issued by an arbitral tribunal having its seat i

2000 on jurisdiction and the reco

gnition and enfo

rcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters must be interpreted as not precluding a court

re a court of another Member S

tate — Power of the court

s of a Member State to refuse to recog

nise the arbitral award — New Y

ork Convention)Language of the case: LithuanianReferring courtLietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas Party to the main proceedingsApplicant: ‘Gazprom’ OAOInterested party: Lietuvos RespublikaOperative part of the judgmentCouncil Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters must be interpreted as not precluding a court of a Member State from recognising and enforcing, or from refusing to recognise and enforce, an arbitral award prohibiting a party from bringing certain claims before a court of that Member State, since that regulation does not govern the recognition and enforcement, in a Member State, of an arbitral award issued by an arbitral tribunal in another Member State.

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¹ OJ C 377, 21.12.2013.