CASE COMMENTS: RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES – INTERNATIONAL COMPETENCE – NATURE OF ACTION FOR DAMAGES
Abrupt termination: The Court of Justice of the European Union considers that an action for damages based on an abrupt termination of established commercial relationship is not always a matter relating to tort or delict (Granarolo / Ambrosi Emmi France)
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Litigants are called upon to put their work back on the job! For the application of the Brussels I European Regulation, the Court of Justice of the European Union has just ruled, in a break with the solution that was up to now defended by the Court of Cassation, that "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, must be interpreted as meaning that an action for damages based on a sudden termination of long-established commercial relations, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, does not fall within the scope of matters relating
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