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2013-2 E.C.R. 1 (2013)

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    VRw                             Reports   of Cases




                                       Case C-543/10

                                       Refcomp   SpA
                                             V
                      Axa Corporate Solutions Assurance SA  and Others


              (Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France))


(Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters - Regulation (EC)
No  44/2001 - Interpretation of Article 23 - Jurisdiction clause in a contract concluded between the
     manufacturer and the initial buyer of goods - Contract forming part of a chain of contracts
 transferring ownership - Whether that clause may be relied on against the sub-buyer of the goods)


               Summary  - Judgment  of the Court (First Chamber), 7 February 2013

1.  Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and
    commercial  matters -  Regulation No  44/2001  -  Provisions of that regulation treated as
    equivalent to those in the Brussels Convention - Interpretation of those provisions in accordance
    with the case-law of the Court relating to the Convention

    (Agreement of 27 September 1968; Council Regulation No 44/2001)

2.  Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and
    commercial matters -  Regulation No 44/2001 -  Concept of matters relating to a contract -
    Concept ofjurisdiction clause - Independent interpretation

    (Council Regulation No 44/2001, Art. 23)

3.  Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and
    commercial   matters  -   Regulation  No   44/2001   -   Prorogation  of jurisdiction -
    Agreement conferring jurisdiction - Jurisdiction clause in a contract between the manufacturer of
    goods and the buyer thereof - Whether that clause may be relied upon against a third party
    sub-buyer who  purchased  the goods in the course of a succession of contracts transferring
    ownership - Lawfulness - Condition - Consent of the third party to that clause

    (Council Regulation No 44/2001, Art. 23)

1. See the text of the decision.

                                                                             (see paras 18-20)

2. See the text of the decision.

                                                                      (see paras 21, 22, 39, 40)


ECLJ:EU:C:2013:621


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