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Jana Petruchová v FIBO Group Holdings Limited (C-208/18)
Consideration of the question referred
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Jana Petruchová v FIBO Group Holdings Limited (C-208/18)

Judgment of 3 Oct 2019law://eu/cjeu/2018/c-208-18/para_77@2026-11-10

77It follows that a person’s status as a ‘retail client’ within the meaning of Article 4(1)(12) of Directive 2004/39 is, as such, in principle irrelevant for the purpose of classifying him as a ‘consumer’ within the meaning of Article 17(1) of Regulation No 1215/2012.

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · First Chamber
Case: C-208/18 · ECLI:EU:C:2019:825
Decided: 3 Oct 2019
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Nejvyšší soud (Supreme Court, Czech Republic)
Applicant: Jana Petruchová
Defendant: FIBO Group Holdings Limited
Rapporteur: M. Safjan
Advocate General: E. Tanchev
Bench: 5 judges
J.-C. Bonichot, C. Toader, A. Rosas, L. Bay Larsen, M. Safjan
Language: Czech
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62018CJ0208

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Judicial cooperation in civil matters

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Interprets 3: Regulation (EU) No 1215/20122 provisions; Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instruments amending Council Directives 85/611/EEC and 93/6/EEC and Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 93/22/EEC; Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 (Rome I)2 provisions
Cited by 5: A. B. and B. B. v Personal Exchange International Limited (C-774/19); JA v Wurth Automotive GmbH (C-177/22); AU v Reliantco Investments LTD and Reliantco Investments LTD Limassol Sucursala Bucureşti (C-500/18)2 provisions; Locatrans Sarl v ES (C-485/24); Banco Santander SA v Asociación de Consumidores y Usuarios de Servicios Generales-Auge (C-346/23)
Cites 14: Regulation (EU) No 1215/20122 provisions; 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 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instruments amending Council Directives 85/611/EEC and 93/6/EEC and Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 93/22/EEC; Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 (Rome I); Harald Kolassa v Barclays Bank plc (C-375/13); Feniks Sp. z o.o. v Azteca Products & Services SL (C-337/17); Hellenische Republik v Leo Kuhn (C-308/17); Anica Milivojević v Raiffeisenbank St. Stefan-Jagerberg-Wolfsberg eGen (C-630/17); Maximilian Schrems v Facebook Ireland Limited (C-498/16); Horațiu Ovidiu Costea v SC Volksbank România SA (C-110/14); Andreas Kainz v Pantherwerke AG (C-45/13); Pillar Securitisation Sàrl v Hildur Arnadottir (C-694/17); Rüdiger Hobohm v Benedikt Kampik Ltd & Co. KG and Others (C-297/14); Jana Petruchová v FIBO Group Holdings Limited (C-208/18)