Siegfried Zelger v Sebastiano Salinitri.

JurisdictionEuropean Union
CourtCourt of Justice (European Union)
Writing for the CourtO'Keeffe
ECLIECLI:EU:C:1984:215
Date07 June 1984
Docket Number129/83
Procedure TypeReference for a preliminary ruling
EUR-Lex - 61983J0129 - FR 61983J0129

Arrêt de la Cour (quatrième chambre) du 7 juin 1984. - Siegfried Zelger contre Sebastiano Salinitri. - Demande de décision préjudicielle: Oberlandesgericht München - Allemagne. - Convention de Bruxelles: article 21, saisine de juridiction. - Affaire 129/83.

Recueil de jurisprudence 1984 page 02397
édition spéciale espagnole page 00561
édition spéciale suédoise page 00601
édition spéciale finnoise page 00583


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Parties
Objet du litige
Motifs de l'arrêt
Décisions sur les dépenses
Dispositif

Mots clés

CONVENTION CONCERNANT LA COMPETENCE JUDICIAIRE ET L ' EXECUTION DES DECISIONS - LITISPENDANCE - DEMANDES FORMEES DEVANT DES JURIDICTIONS D ' ETATS CONTRACTANTS DIFFERENTS - JURIDICTION ' PREMIERE SAISIE ' - NOTION

( CONVENTION DU 27 SEPTEMBRE 1968 , ART . 21 )

Sommaire

L ' ARTICLE 21 DE LA CONVENTION DU 27 SEPTEMBRE 1968 DOIT ETRE INTERPRETE EN CE SENS QUE DOIT ETRE CONSIDEREE COMME ' PREMIERE SAISIE ' LA JURIDICTION DEVANT LAQUELLE ONT ETE REMPLIES EN PREMIER LIEU LES CONDITIONS PERMETTANT DE CONCLURE A UNE LITISPENDANCE DEFINITIVE , CES CONDITIONS DEVANT ETRE APPRECIEES , SELON LA LOI NATIONALE DE CHACUNE DES JURIDICTIONS CONCERNEES .

Parties

DANS L ' AFFAIRE 129/83 ,

AYANT POUR OBJET UNE DEMANDE ADRESSEE A LA COUR CONCERNANT L ' INTERPRETATION PAR LA COUR DE JUSTICE , EN APPLICATION DU PROTOCOLE DU 3 JUIN 1971 , DE LA CONVENTION DU 27 SEPTEMBRE 1968 RELATIVE A LA COMPETENCE JUDICIAIRE ET L ' EXECUTION DES DECISIONS EN MATIERE CIVILE ET COMMERCIALE PAR L ' OBERLANDESGERICHT MUNCHEN ET TENDANT A OBTENIR DANS LE LITIGE PENDANT DEVANT CETTE JURIDICTION ENTRE

SIEGFRIED ZELGER , MUNICH ,

ET

SEBASTIANO SALINITRI , MASCALI ( ITALIE ),

Objet du litige

UNE DECISION A TITRE PREJUDICIEL RELATIVE A L ' INTERPRETATION DE L ' ARTICLE 21 DE LA CONVENTION RELATIVE A LA SAISINE DE JURIDICTION ,

Motifs de l'arrêt

1 PAR ORDONNANCE DU 22 JUIN 1983 , PARVENUE A LA COUR LE 8 JUILLET 1983 , L ' OBERLANDESGERICHT MUNCHEN A POSE , EN VERTU DU PROTOCOLE DU 3 JUIN 1971 RELATIF A L ' INTERPRETATION , PAR LA COUR DE JUSTICE , DE LA CONVENTION DU 27 SEPTEMBRE 1968 CONCERNANT LA COMPETENCE JUDICIAIRE ET L ' EXECUTION DES DECISIONS EN MATIERE CIVILE ET COMMERCIALE ( CI-APRES LA CONVENTION ), UNE QUESTION PREJUDICIELLE RELATIVE A L ' INTERPRETATION DE L ' ARTICLE 21 DE CETTE CONVENTION .

2 LES DEUX PARTIES AU PRINCIPAL SONT DES COMMERCANTS DONT L ' UN EST ETABLI A MUNICH EN REPUBLIQUE FEDERALE D ' ALLEMAGNE , ET L ' AUTRE A MASCALI EN SICILE . LE DEMANDEUR AU PRINCIPAL A ENGAGE CONTRE LE DEFENDEUR AU PRINCIPAL UNE ACTION EN REMBOURSEMENT D ' UN SOLDE DE PRET DATANT DES ANNEES 1975 ET 1976 . LA DEMANDE EN JUSTICE , QUI FAIT L ' OBJET DU LITIGE , A ETE REMISE LE 5 AOUT 1976 AU GREFFE DU LANDGERICHT MUNCHEN I , ET NOTIFIEE AU DEFENDEUR AU PRINCIPAL LE 13 JANVIER 1977 . EN OUTRE , LE DEMANDEUR AU...

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