Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 16 July 2020

MH and NI v OJ and Novo Banco SA

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal da Relação de Guimarães

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Insolvency proceedings — Regulation (EU) 2015/848 — Article 3 — International jurisdiction — Centre of a debtor’s main interests — Individual not exercising an independent business or professional activity — Rebuttable presumption that the centre of that person’s main interests is his or her habitual residence — Rebuttal of the presumption — Situation in which the debtor’s sole immovable asset is located outside the Member State of habitual residence

Case C-253/19


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
National decision following the preliminary ruling
21/07/2020 Novo Banco
External Link
Judgment (OJ)
21/08/2020 Novo Banco
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:2020:585		 16/07/2020 Novo Banco
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:2020:585		 16/07/2020 Novo Banco
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
Available in :
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
24/05/2019 Novo Banco
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
Request for a preliminary ruling
26/03/2019 Novo Banco
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
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2020:328		 30/04/2020 Novo Banco
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

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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
      4.06.02.09 Insolvency procedures
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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
      4.06.02.09 Insolvency procedures


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

Information not available

Date of the Opinion

  • 30/04/2020

Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

16/07/2020


References

Publication in the Official Journal

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Name of the parties

Novo Banco

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Idot, Laurence: Règlement « procédures d'insolvabilité » - Centre des intérêts principaux d'une personne physique, Europe 2020, n° 10 Octobre, Comm. 324 (FR)
  2. Paulus, Christoph G.: Zum COMI eines unselbstständig tätigen Schuldners mit Immobilie in einem anderen Mitgliedstaat als dem des gewöhnlichen Aufenthalts („Novo Banco“), Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht 2020 p. 561-562 (DE)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Tribunal da Relação de Guimarães - Portugal

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

Neuvième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Jürimäe

Advocate General

Szpunar

Language(s) of the Case

  • Portuguese

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French