PIL instrument(s)
Brussels I
Case number and/or case name
BGH, 17.9.2015 – IX ZB 47/14
Details of the court
Germany, Third Instance
Articles referred to by the court
Brussels I
Article 34
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Article 44
Article 46
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Date of the judgement
16 September 2015
Appeal history
None
CJEU's case law cited by the court
C-183/90 B. J. van Dalfsen and others v B. van Loon and T. Berendsen [1991] ECR I-04743
Summary
The plaintiff is trying to enforce a judgement of an Italian court in Germany against the defendant. The court hat to decide whether the enforcement of a first instance decision by an Italian court without securities constitutes a violation of German public policy. The court stated that, although the laws in Germany and Italy are different, this difference does not constitute a severe breach of German legal principles.

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