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Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 19 April 2012

F‑Tex SIA v Lietuvos‑Anglijos UAB ‘Jadecloud-Vilma’

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas

Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Article 3(1) — Concept of an action related to insolvency proceedings and closely connected with those proceedings — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Article 1(1) and (2)(b) — Concepts of civil and commercial matters and of bankruptcy or winding-up — Action brought on the basis of an assignment, by a liquidator, of his right to have a transaction set aside

Case C‑213/10

Documents in the Case

Document

Date

Name of the parties

Subject-matter

Curia

EUR-Lex

Judgment (OJ)

25/05/2012

F-Tex

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

Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2012:215

19/04/2012

F-Tex

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

Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2012:215

19/04/2012

F-Tex

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

Application (OJ)

17/07/2010

F-Tex

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

Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

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

Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas – Interpretation of Article 3(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings (OJ 2000 L 160, p. 1) and of Articles 1(2)(b) and 2(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ 2001 L 12, p. 1) – International jurisdiction to decide an actio Pauliana directly and closely connected with insolvency proceedings – Conflict of jurisdiction between the court in which the insolvency proceedings are taking place and the court of the defendant’s domicile – Actio Pauliana brought after the opening of insolvency proceedings, by the sole creditor of the company in liquidation, in a Member State other than that in which the insolvency proceedings are taking place, following the assignment by the liquidator to the creditor of the company’s claims against third parties

Systematic classification scheme

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

4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.02 Judicial cooperation in civil matters
      4.06.02.09 Insolvency procedures

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 47 : paragraphs 17, 52
Regulation 1346/2000 : paragraphs 18, 19, 24, 29, 50
Regulation 1346/2000 -A03P1 : paragraphs 1, 4, 17, 25, 27, 33, 48, 52
Regulation 1346/2000 -A25P1 : paragraphs 5, 28
Regulation 1346/2000 -A25P2 : paragraphs 5, 28
Regulation 1346/2000 -C6 : paragraphs 3, 26
Regulation 44/2001 : paragraphs 18, 19
Regulation 44/2001 -A01P1 : paragraphs 8, 17, 49
Regulation 44/2001 -A01P2LB : paragraphs 1, 8, 17, 23, 29, 34, 48
Regulation 44/2001 -A02P1 : paragraphs 1, 9, 17, 52, 54
Regulation 44/2001 -A60P1 : paragraphs 10, 54
Regulation 44/2001 -C7 : paragraphs 7, 29
Agreement between Member States - 41998A0126 : paragraphs 6, 22, 23
Agreement between Member States - 41998A0126 -A01L1 : paragraph 20
Agreement between Member States - 41998A0126 -A01L2PT2 : paragraphs 20, 23
Court of Justice - Judgment C -133/78 : paragraphs 17, 22, 23, 26
Court of Justice - Judgment C -339/07 : paragraphs 17, 25, 27, 33, 44
Court of Justice - Judgment C -111/08 : paragraphs 23, 34, 37

Operative part

Interprets : Regulation 44/2001 -A01P1

Opinion

Information not available

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

04/05/2010

Date of the Opinion

Information not available

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

19/04/2012

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 195 from 17.07.2010, p.7

Judgment: OJ C 165 from 09.06.2012, p.3

Name of the parties

F-Tex

Notes on Academic Writings

Polak, M.V.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2012 nº 309 (NL)
Brinkmann, Moritz: Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht 2012 p.383-384 (DE)
Sujecki, Bartosz: EuGVVO/EuInsVO: Internationale Zuständigkeit für insolvenzrechtliches Annexverfahren, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2012 p.430 (DE)
Koller, Christian: Neues zum Abgrenzungsenigma EuGVVO/EuInsVO, Ecolex 2012 p.693-695 (DE)
Montanari, Massimo: La sottrazione al Reg. n. 44/2011 della materia concorsuale e gli incerti confini delle azioni a tale materia riconducibili, Int'l Lis 2012 p.127-133 (IT)
Espiniella Menéndez, Ángel: Competencia judicial internacional - Sentencia del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea (Sala Primera), de 19 de abril de 2012, asunto C-213/10, F-Tex SIA c. Jadecloud Vilma, Revista española de Derecho Internacional 2012 nº 2 p.224-227 (ES)
Ravidà, Fabrizio: Sull'applicabilità del reg. CE 44/2001 alle azioni revocatorie, Rivista di diritto processuale 2013 p.765-772 (IT)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas (Cour suprême de Lituanie) - Lithuania

Subject-matter

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

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Berger

Advocate General

Trstenjak

Language(s) of the Case

Lithuanian

Language(s) of the Opinion

Information not available