Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 February 2002.

Herbert Weber v Universal Ogden Services Ltd.

Reference for a preliminary ruling: Hoge Raad der Nederlanden - Netherlands.

Brussels Convention - Article 5(1) - Courts for the place of performance of the contractual obligation - Contract of employment - Place where the employee habitually carries out his work - Definition - Work performed partly at an installation positioned over the continental shelf adjacent to a Contracting State and partly in the territory of another Contracting State.

Case C-37/00.


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
04/05/2002 Weber
Brussels Convention of 27 September 1968
- Jurisdiction
  • Brussels Convention of 27 September 1968
  • - Jurisdiction
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2002:122		 27/02/2002 Weber
Brussels Convention of 27 September 1968
- Jurisdiction
  • Brussels Convention of 27 September 1968
  • - Jurisdiction
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
18/10/2001 Weber
Brussels Convention of 27 September 1968
- Jurisdiction
  • Brussels Convention of 27 September 1968
  • - Jurisdiction
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2001:554		 18/10/2001 Weber
Brussels Convention of 27 September 1968
- Jurisdiction
  • Brussels Convention of 27 September 1968
  • - Jurisdiction
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Reports of Cases

2002 I-02013

Subject-matter

Preliminary ruling ─ Hoge Raad der Nederlanden ─ Interpretation of Article 5(1) of the Brussels Convention ─ Work performed in the course of mining activities on the part of the North Sea continental shelf belonging to a Member State ─ Treated as equivalent to national territory ─ National legislation creating internal judicial jurisdiction ─ Concept of the place where a person 'habitually' carries out work

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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E Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments
  E-05 Special jurisdiction
    E-05.01 Jurisdiction in matters relating to a contract
      E-05.01.03 Jurisdiction in matters relating to a contract – Employment contracts
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E Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments
  E-05 Special jurisdiction
    E-05.01 Jurisdiction in matters relating to a contract
      E-05.01.03 Jurisdiction in matters relating to a contract – Employment contracts


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

  • 18/10/2001

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

27/02/2002


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 122 from 29.04.2000, p.11

Judgment: OJ C 109 from 04.05.2002, p.7

Name of the parties

Weber

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Simon, Denys: Europe 2002 Avril Comm. nº 119 p.9 (FR)
  2. Idot, Laurence: Europe 2002 Avril Comm. nº 160 p.24-25 (FR)
  3. Moreau, Marie-Ange: Compétence juridictionnelle internationale: détermination du lieu d'exécution habituel du travail, Revue de jurisprudence sociale 2002 p.511-512 (FR)
  4. Chaumette, Patrick: Conflit de juridictions pour un travail effectué dans les eaux territoriales et sur le plateau continental de deux Etats membres de l'Union européenne, Le droit maritime français 2002 p.640-648 (FR)
  5. Buy, Frédéric: Compétence juridictionnelle et pluralité de lieux de travail, Droit social 2002 p.967-971 (FR)
  6. Giannopoulos, Panagiotis: Elliniki Epitheorisi Evropaïkou Dikaiou 2002 p.388-390 (EL)
  7. Zaccaria, Laura: La Convenzione di Bruxelles e i contratti individuali di lavoro: brevi note sull'interpretazione dell'art. 5.1, Giustizia civile 2002 I p.2703-2709 (IT)
  8. Palao Moreno, Guillermo: Revista española de Derecho Internacional 2002 p. 862-868 (ES)
  9. Junker, Abbo: Zeitschrift für Zivilprozeß International 2002 Bd. 7 p.230-243 (DE)
  10. Mankowski, Peter: Europäisches Internationales Arbeitsprozessrecht - Weiteres zum gewöhnlichen Arbeitsort, Praxis des internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts 2003 p.21-28 (DE)
  11. Ibili, F.: Ondernemingsrecht 2003 p.237-238 (NL)
  12. Bertoli, Paolo: "Territorialità" della piattaforma continentale e competenza in materia di attività lavorativa prestata in più Stati, Il Corriere giuridico 2003 p.123-127 (IT)
  13. Zabalo Escudero, Elena: Sucesión de lugares de trabajo y competencia judicial internacional: Nuevos problemas planteados ante el TJCE, Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo 2003 p.225-239 (ES)
  14. Huet, André: Chronique de jurisprudence du Tribunal et de la Cour de justice des Communautés européennes, Journal du droit international 2003 p.661-668 (FR)
  15. Rodière, Pierre: Coordination des droits nationaux, loi applicable, compétence juridictionnelle, Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2003 p.529-552 (FR)
  16. Volken, Paul: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht 2004 p.631-632 (DE)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Hoge Raad der Nederlanden - Netherlands

Subject-matter

  • Brussels Convention of 27 September 1968
  • - Jurisdiction

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

Sixième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Schintgen

Advocate General

Jacobs

Language(s) of the Case

  • Dutch

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English