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Stefan Fahnenbrock and Others v Hellenische Republik (C-226/13, C-245/13, C-247/13, C-578/13)
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Stefan Fahnenbrock and Others v Hellenische Republik (C-226/13, C-245/13, C-247/13, C-578/13)

Judgment of 11 Jun 2015law://eu/cjeu/2013/c-226-13/para_56@2026-11-10

56However, it must be observed in that regard, first, that the fact that that possibility was introduced by a law is not, in itself, decisive in order to conclude that the State acted in the exercise of State authority.

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

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Court: Court of Justice · First Chamber
Cases: C-226/13, C-245/13, C-247/13, C-578/13 · ECLI:EU:C:2015:383
Decided: 11 Jun 2015
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Landgericht Wiesbaden (Germany)
Applicants: Stefan Fahnenbrock; Holger Priestoph and 6 more
Matteo Antonio Priestoph; Pia Antonia Priestoph; Rudolf Reznicek; Hans-Jürgen Kickler; Walther Wöhlk; Zahnärztekammer Schleswig-Holstein Versorgungswerk
Defendant: Hellenische Republic
Rapporteur: A. Tizzano
Advocate General: Y. Bot
Bench: 5 judges
A. Tizzano, S. Rodin, E. Levits, M. Berger, F. Biltgen
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62013CJ0226

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Judicial cooperation in civil matters

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Interprets 1: Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (service of documents), and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000
Cited by 8: Belgische Staat and Directeur-Generaal van de Algemene Directie Controle en Bemiddeling van de FOD Economie, K.M.O., Middenstand en Energie v Movic BV and Others (C-73/19)2 provisions; Hellenische Republik v Leo Kuhn (C-308/17); this act6 provisions; Pebros Servizi Srl v Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd (C-511/14); UR v DF (C-134/24); Procureur-Generaal bij de Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (C-678/18); Frank Steinhoff and Others v European Central Bank (T-107/17)2 provisions; Alpha Bank Cyprus Ltd v Dau Si Senh and Others (C-519/13)
Cites 12: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters; Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (service of documents), and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000; Eirini Lechouritou and Others v Dimosio tis Omospondiakis Dimokratias tis Germanias (C-292/05); flyLAL-Lithuanian Airlines AS v Starptautiskā lidosta Rīga VAS and Air Baltic Corporation AS (C-302/13); Préservatrice foncière TIARD SA v Staat der Nederlanden (C-266/01); LTU Lufttransportunternehmen GmbH & Co. KG v Eurocontrol (C-29/76); Traum EOOD v Direktor na Direktsia ‘Obzhalvane i danachno-osiguritelna praktika’ Varna pri Tsentralno upravlenie na Natsionalnata agentsia za prihodite (C-492/13); Artur Weryński v Mediatel 4B spółka z o.o. (C-283/09); Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000; C (C-435/06); Rohm Semiconductor GmbH v Hauptzollamt Krefeld (C-666/13)