Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 January 2019

Stefano Liberato v Luminita Luisa Grigorescu

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction and recognition and enforcement of judgments on maintenance obligations — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Article 5(2) — Article 27 — Article 35(3) — Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility — Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 — Article 19 — Lis pendens — Article 22(a) — Article 23(a) — Non-recognition where the decisions are manifestly contrary to public policy — Article 24 — Prohibition of review of jurisdiction of the court of origin — Ground for the non-recognition based on a breach of the rules of lis pendens — Absence

Case C-386/17


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
22/02/2019 Liberato
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:2019:24		 16/01/2019 Liberato
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:2019:24		 16/01/2019 Liberato
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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EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
22/09/2017 Liberato
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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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2018:670		 06/09/2018 Liberato
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
      4.06.02.10 Measures concerning family law
        4.06.02.10.01 Jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments - matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility
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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
      4.06.02.10 Measures concerning family law
        4.06.02.10.01 Jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments - matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility
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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
      4.06.02.10 Measures concerning family law
        4.06.02.10.01 Jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments - matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 27/06/2017

Date of the Opinion

  • 06/09/2018

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

16/01/2019


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 93 from 11.03.2019, p.10

Application: OJ C 338 from 09.10.2017, p.3

Name of the parties

Liberato

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Redactionele, Redactionele: Redactionele aantekening, Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2019 nº10 p.1327 (NL)
  2. Von Hein, Jan ; Grohmann, Nicole: f) Internationale Verfahren, Zeitschrift für das gesamte Familienrecht 2019 p.1164/1169 (DE)
  3. Muir Watt, Horatia: Sanctionner ou circuler ? Les conséquences sur le terrain des effets des jugements de la méconnaissance par le juge second saisi des règles relatives à la litispendance, Revue critique de droit international privé 2019 nº2 p.495-503 (FR)
  4. Legrand, Véronique: Vers l'instrumentalisation des règles de litispendance européenne ?, Petites affiches. La Loi / Le Quotidien juridique 2019 nº 53 p.7-11 (FR)
  5. Idot, Laurence: Non-respect des règles de litispendance, Europe 2019 Mars Comm. nº 3 p.34 (FR)
  6. Von Hein, Jan ; Grohmann, Nicole: Anmerkung, Zeitschrift für das gesamte Familienrecht 2019 N°14 p.1164-1169 (DE)
  7. Deschuyteneer, L.: Beter voorkomen dan genezen: de schending van de aanhangigheids-regels kan niet leiden tot een weigering van erkenning, S.E.W. : Tijdschrift voor Europees en economisch recht 2019 p.517-521 (NL)
  8. Deschuyteneer, L.: Beter voorkomen dan de aanhangigheidsregels kan niet leiden tot een weigering van erkenning Zaak C-386/17, S.E.W. : Tijdschrift voor Europees en economisch recht 2019 p.517-521 (NL)
  9. Barrière Brousse, Isabelle: Règlement Bruxelles II bis: CJUE, 1re ch., 16 janv. 2019, aff. C-386/17, Stefano Liberato c/ Luminita Luisa Grigorescu : note, Journal du droit international 2019 p.1235-1242 (FR)
  10. Laazouzi, Malik: XXI. Compétence des juridictions et lois applicables - Cour de justice, 1re ch., 16 janvier 2019, Stefano Liberato, aff. C-386/17, ECLI:EU:C:2019:24, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2019. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2020, p. 1120-1124 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Corte suprema di cassazione - Italy

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

Fernlund

Advocate General

Bot

Language(s) of the Case

  • Italian

Language(s) of the Opinion

    Information not available