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Marc Brogsitter v Fabrication de Montres Normandes EURL and Karsten Fräßdorf (C-548/12)
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The question referred for a preliminar…
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Marc Brogsitter v Fabrication de Montres Normandes EURL and Karsten Fräßdorf (C-548/12)

Judgment of 13 Mar 2014law://eu/cjeu/2012/c-548-12/para_23@2026-11-10

23However, the mere fact that one contracting party brings a civil liability claim against the other is not sufficient to consider that the claim concerns ‘matters relating to a contract’ within the meaning of Article 5(1)(a) of Regulation No 44/2001.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Seventh Chamber
Case: C-548/12 · ECLI:EU:C:2014:148
Decided: 13 Mar 2014
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Landgericht Krefeld (Germany)
Applicant: Marc Brogsitter
Defendants: Fabrication de Montres Normandes EURL; Karsten Fräßdorf
Rapporteur: J.-C. Bonichot
Advocate General: N. Jääskinen
Bench: 3 judges
J.L. da Cruz Vilaça, J.-C. Bonichot, A. Arabadjiev
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62012CJ0548

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Judicial cooperation in civil matters

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Interprets 1: Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters
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Cites 6: Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters; ÖFAB, Östergötlands Fastigheter AB v Frank Koot and Evergreen Investments BV (C-147/12); Falco Privatstiftung and Thomas Rabitsch v Gisela Weller-Lindhorst (C-533/07); Corman-Collins SA v La Maison du Whisky SA (C-9/12); Verein für Konsumenteninformation v Karl Heinz Henkel (C-167/00); Athanasios Kalfelis v Bankhaus Schröder, Münchmeyer, Hengst and Co. and others (C-189/87)