Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Wiesbaden (Germany) lodged on 31 October 2023 – VB v RSD Reise Service Deutschland GmbH
(Case C-648/23, RSD Reise Service Deutschland)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Amtsgericht Wiesbaden
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: VB
Defendant: RSD Reise Service Deutschland GmbH
Question referred
Is Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 1 to be interpreted as meaning that, in addition to regulating international jurisdiction, the provision also lays down a rule to be observed by the adjudicating court as to the territorial jurisdiction of the national courts in matters pertaining to travel contracts where both the consumer, as the traveller, and his or her contractual partner, as the tour operator, are domiciled in the same Member State, however the destination is not in that Member State but is located abroad, with the consequence that the consumer can bring contractual claims against the tour operator before the court for his or her place of domicile as a supplement to national rules?
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1 Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 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 (reacst) (OJ 2012 L 351, p. 1).