Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 7 July 2016

Emmanuel Lebek v Janusz Domino

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy

Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Article 34(2) — Defendant not entering an appearance — Recognition and enforcement of judgments — Grounds for refusing enforcement — Document instituting proceedings not served on the defendant in sufficient time — Concept of ‘proceedings to challenge a judgment’ — Application for relief — Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 — Article 19(4) — Service of judicial and extrajudicial documents — Period within which an application for relief may be submitted

Case C-70/15


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex
Judgment (OJ)
26/08/2016 Lebek
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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Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2016:524		 07/07/2016 Lebek
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:2016:524		 07/07/2016 Lebek
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2016:226		 07/04/2016 Lebek
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)
30/04/2015 Lebek
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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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
      4.06.02.03 Service


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 17/02/2015

Date of the Opinion

  • 07/04/2016

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

07/07/2016


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 335 from 12.09.2016, p.12

Application: OJ C 171 from 26.05.2015, p.13

Name of the parties

Lebek

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Bach, Ivo: Anerkennungshindernis bei Nicht­stellung eines Antrags auf Wiedereinsetzung in den vorigen Stand, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2016 p.621-622 (DE)
  2. Leroy, Etienne: L'exequatur aux confins de la coopération judiciaire européenne et du respect des droits de l'homme ou le paradigme de l'homme avisé mais pas informé, Ius & Actores 2016 p.439-453 (FR)
  3. Idot, Laurence: Motifs de refus de reconnaissance, Europe 2016 Octobre Comm. nº 10 p.40-41 (FR)
  4. Nourissat, Cyril: Reconnaissance et exécution : la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne conforte sa nouvelle construction sur la purge des procédures dans l'État d'origine, Procédures 2016 nº 12 p.24-25 (FR)
  5. Poissonnier, Ghislain ; Dupont, Pascal: Le casse-tête de la législation européenne de prévention du terrorisme appliquée aux groupes armés, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2017 nº 40 p.1769 (FR)
  6. Pilich, Mateusz: Niezaskarżenie wyroku zaocznego, niedoręczonego pozwanemu w czasie umożliwiającym przewrócenie terminu jako przyczyna odmowy wykonania orzeczenia w innym państwie członkowskim UE, Polski Proces Cywilny 2017 Numer 02 p.276-284 (PL)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Sąd Najwyższy (Cour suprême) - Poland

Subject-matter

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

Provisions of national law referred to

Code de procédure civile, article 540

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Toader

Advocate General

Kokott

Language(s) of the Case

  • Polish

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • German