Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 January 2016

Data

Court: Court of Justice

Case date: 13 januari 2016

Verdict

Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 January 2016 —

Raiffeisen Privatbank Liechtenstein

(Case C‑397/15)^(*)

"Reference for a preliminary ruling - Rome Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations - First Protocol concerning the interpretation by the Court of the Rome Convention - Articles 1 and 2(a) and (b) - National courts entitled to make a reference to the Court for a preliminary ruling - Manifest lack of jurisdiction of the Court"

Questions referred for a preliminary rulingJurisdiction of the CourtLimitsRequest for an interpretation of the Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligationsProtocol concerning the interpretation by the Court of Justice of the Rome ConventionNational courts entitled to request the Court of Justice to give preliminary rulingsGerman regional court giving a ruling at first instanceNot includedClear lack of jurisdiction of the Court (Art. 267 TFEU; Protocol of 19 December 1988, Art. 2(a) and (b); Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 53(2)) (see paras 14-21)

Operative part

The Court of Justice of the European Union manifestly does not have jurisdiction to answer the questions referred by the Landgericht Itzehoe (Regional Court, Itzehoe (Germany)) for a preliminary ruling by decision of 15 June 2015 in Case C-397/15.