Case number and/or case name
Acciona.Roj: AJM M 6/2007 - ECLI:ES:JMM:2007:6A Id Cendoj: 28079470022007200001
Details of the court
Spain, First Instance
Articles referred to by the court
Date of the judgement
01 February 2007
CJEU's case law cited by the court
Summary
Conflict of jurisdiction based on the application of Brussels I Regulation provisions.
Key facts: Commercial matters case. The matter of the case is an unfair competition dispute between a Spanish company and two German companies. The companies disagree as to the place where the legal proceedings should take place. The damages were caused in Spain.
Court decision: the court estimates that Spanish courts are competent to decide on the case according to art. 5.3 of Brussels I Regulation (place where the harmful event occurred).
The court applies the provisions on special jurisdiction of Brussels I Regulation according to which a person domiciled in a Member State may, in another Member State, be sued in matters relating to tort, delict or quasi-delict, in the courts for the place where the harmful event occurred or may occur.