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Diageo Brands BV v Simiramida-04 EOOD (C-681/13)
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Diageo Brands BV v Simiramida-04 EOOD (C-681/13)

Judgment of 16 Jul 2015law://eu/cjeu/2013/c-681-13/para_50@2026-11-10

50Consequently, the public-policy clause would apply only where that error of law means that the recognition of the judgment concerned in the State in which recognition is sought would result in the manifest breach of an essential rule of law in the EU legal order and therefore in the legal order of that Member State.

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · First Chamber
Case: C-681/13 · ECLI:EU:C:2015:471
Decided: 16 Jul 2015
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands)
Applicant: Diageo Brands BV
Defendant: Simiramida-04 EOOD
Rapporteur: M. Berger
Advocate General: M. Szpunar
Bench: 5 judges
A. Tizzano, S. Rodin, E. Levits, M. Berger, F. Biltgen
Language: Dutch
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62013CJ0681

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Approximation of laws Intellectual, industrial and commercial property Judicial cooperation in civil matters

History · 1 version

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Interprets 3: Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters; Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (Text with EEA relevance); First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks
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Cites 16: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Treaty on 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; Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (Text with EEA relevance); Directive 2008/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance); Meletis Apostolides v David Charles Orams and Linda Elizabeth Orams (C-420/07); flyLAL-Lithuanian Airlines AS v Starptautiskā lidosta Rīga VAS and Air Baltic Corporation AS (C-302/13); ACI Adam BV and Others v Stichting de Thuiskopie and Stichting Onderhandelingen Thuiskopie vergoeding (C-435/12); Realchemie Nederland BV v Bayer CropScience AG (C-406/09); First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks; Gerhard Köbler v Republik Österreich (C-224/01); Régie nationale des usines Renault SA v Maxicar SpA and Orazio Formento (C-38/98); European Commission v Parker Hannifin Manufacturing Srl and Parker-Hannifin Corp (C-434/13 P); Patrick Kelly v National University of Ireland (University College, Dublin) (C-104/10); Georgi Ivanov Elchinov v Natsionalna zdravnoosiguritelna kasa (C-173/09); Opinion pursuant to Article 218(11) TFEU (Opinion 2/13)