Judgment_paragraph 26 · MOL Magyar Olaj- és Gázipari Nyrt. v Mercedes-Benz Group AG (C-425/22)

26The Court has repeatedly held that the concept of ‘the place where the harmful event occurred’ within the meaning of Article 5(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ 2001 L 12, p. 1), which corresponds to Article 7(2) of Regulation No 1215/2012, is intended to cover both the place where the damage occurred and the place of the event giving rise to it, with the result that the defendant may be sued, at the option of the applicant, in the courts for either of those places (judgment of 15 July 2021, Volvo and Others, C‑30/20, EU:C:2021:604, paragraph 29 and the case-law cited).

MOL Magyar Olaj- és Gázipari Nyrt. v Mercedes-Benz Group AG (C-425/22)

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