The Brussels I - Regulation (EC) No. 44/2001

Prof. Dr. Burkhard Hess; Prof. Dr. Thomas Pfeiffer; Prof. Dr. Peter F. Schlosser

doi:10.5771/9783845266381

Summary

Der Eckpfeiler des europäischen Zivilverfahrensrechts

Die Brüssel I-Verordnung (EG) des Rates Nr. 44/2001 über die gerichtliche Zuständigkeit und die Anerkennung sowie Vollstreckung von Entscheidungen in Zivil- und Handelssachen vom 22.12.2001 bildet den Eckpfeiler des europäischen Zivilverfahrensrechts. Die Verordnung ist in allen Mitgliedsstaaten unmittelbar anwendbar; sie steuert als allgemeines Referenzinstrument die grenzüberschreitenden Zivilprozesse in der Europäischen Union.

Das neue Werk

der bekannten deutschen Rechtslehrer Hess, Pfeiffer und Schlosser liefert eine umfassende Analyse der Anwendungspraxis der Verordnung in den Mitgliedsstaaten auf der Grundlage von Interviews, statistischen Erhebungen und rechtstatsächlicher Forschung in den Akten der nationalen Gerichte. Die Berichterstatter empfehlen einige Verbesserungen, insbesondere im Hinblick auf die Verordnung als Referenzinstrument des europäischen Zivilprozessrechts.

Für besseres Verständnis

Der Bericht verhilft Praktikern und Wissenschaftlern gleichermaßen, die Auswirkungen der Verordnung auf die Verfahrenspraxis in den europäischen Mitgliedsstaaten besser zu verstehen.

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Zusammenfassung

Einführung

Statistik zur Anwendung der Verordnung

Bericht über die Anwendung der Verordnung in den Mitgliedsstaaten

Überblick über Empfehlungen zur politischen Linie

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2008
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-2491-8
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-6638-1
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Kooperationswerke Beck - Hart – Nomos
Language: English
Pages: 231
Product type: Comment

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages I - XXVIII
Summary No access Pages 2 - 3
1. Methodology, Scope and Aim of the Study No access
2. 1. The Different Parts No access
  2. The Comparative Research No access
1. Availability of Statistical Data No access
2. 1. The Application of the Jurisdictional Rules of the Judgment Regulation by National Courts No access
  2. Decisions on the enforceability of foreign judgments No access
1. 1. The Judgment Regulation in the European Judicial Area No access
  2. New Instruments in European Procedural Law No access
  3. New Challenges for the Judgment Regulation in the European Judicial Area No access
2. 1. Civil and Commercial Matters No access
  2. 1. Family and Inheritance Matters No access
    2. Insolvency Proceedings No access
    3. 1. The Comprehensive Exclusion of Arbitration, Article 1 (2) (d) JR No access
      2. Information Obtained from the National Reports No access
      3. Possible Ways Forward No access
      4. The Judgments Regulation and Mediation No access
  3. Relationship to Special Conventions, Article 71 JR No access
3. 1. 1. Overall Satisfaction No access
    2. Sufficiency of the Fact-Specific Grounds for Jurisdiction No access
    3. 1. Discrimination of Non-Member State Parties No access
      2. Effect on EU claimants No access
    4. 1. General Aspects No access
      2. Relation between Article 26 JR and Article 19 of the Service of Documents Regulation 1348/2000 No access
    5. 1. Time and Money No access
      2. Procedural Framework – Separate and Preliminary Determination of Jurisdiction No access
  2. 1. 1. General Evaluation No access
      2. Domicile of Companies No access
    2. Contractual Obligations. In particular: the Delineation from Matters relating to Torts and Quasi-Delicts No access
    3. 1. General Aspects No access
      2. Place of Performance under Article 5 (1) (b) – indent 1 JR No access
      3. Place of Performance under Article 5 (1) ( b) – indent 2 JR No access
    4. 1. General Aspects No access
      2. Multi-State Cases and the Shevill-Jurisdiction No access
    5. Jurisdiction in adhesion to criminal proceedings No access
    6. 1. Article 6 (1) JR too wide? No access
      2. Article 6 (1) JR too narrow? No access
    7. 1. Third Party Proceedings under Article 6 (2) JR No access
        Third Party Notice No access
        Evaluation of the Different Models No access
      2. The Legal Regime of Articles 6, 11 and 65 JR No access
        Practical Impacts of Article 65 JR No access
      3. Possible Improvements No access
    8. 1. Introduction No access
      2. Jurisdiction for Setting up a Liability Fund No access
        Limitation of Liability and Recognition of Foreign Judgments No access
        Rules for Limitation Proceedings Ancillary to Individual Claims No access
      3. Bills of Lading No access
        Provisional Seizure of Seagoing Vessels No access
        Consolidation of Litigations No access
        Actions based on Tort and Contract in particular No access
        Collision, Salvage and General Average No access
        Provisional and Protective Measures No access
        Principal Place of Business of Ship Owners No access
        Forum Arresti No access
4. 1. Introduction No access
  2. Section 3, Insurance Matters No access
  3. Section 4, Consumer Protection No access
  4. 1. 1. General Aspects No access
      2. Rights in Rem as to Immovable Property No access
  5. Exclusive Jurisdiction No access
  6. 1. Exclusive Jurisdiction over Company Matters (Article 22 (2) JR) No access
  7. General Aspects No access
  8. 1. 1. Law Applicable to a Choice of Forum Agreement No access
      2. Judicial Control of Standard Terms No access
      3. National Practice in Determining Usages of International Trade or Commerce under Article 23 (1) (c) JR No access
      4. Applicability of Article 23 JR vis-a`-vis Third States No access
      5. Precedence of Article 27 JR over Exclusive Choice of Forum Agreements No access
      6. Hague Convention on Choice of Forum Agreements No access
  9. General Remarks No access
  10. 1. Jurisdiction by Appearance (Article 24 JR) No access
    2. Summary of Questions of Jurisdiction No access
5. 1. 1. The Underlying Policy No access
    2. 1. The “same cause of action” under Article 27 JR No access
      2. The “same persons” under Article 27 JR No access
      3. Exclusion of Any Exceptions to the Priority under Article 27 JR No access
      4. Exclusion of Anti-suit Injunctions to Enforce Jurisdictional Rules by the Court Second Seized No access
      5. The Exercise of Discretion under Article 28 JR No access
  2. 1. “Proceedings” under Articles 27 and 28 JR No access
    2. The “same cause of action” under Article 27 JR No access
    3. The “same persons” under Article 27 JR No access
    4. 1. Corporate Loan Litigations No access
        Patent Litigations No access
        Purely Domestic Litigations No access
      2. Legal Evaluation No access
      3. Exclusive Choice-of-Court Agreements No access
        Other Grounds of Exclusive Jurisdiction No access
        General Public Policy Exception No access
        Limitation in Time of Priority No access
    5. Exclusion of Anti-Suit Injunctions – Exclusion of Damages? No access
    6. The Exercise of Discretion under Article 28 JR No access
    7. The Interpretation of Article 30 JR No access
    8. The Resolution of Negative Competence Conflicts No access
  3. Summary of Policy Considerations and Recommendations No access
6. 1. 1. The Framework of the Regulation No access
    2. The Implementation of the Judgment Regulation in the Member States No access
    3. The Efficiency of Exequatur Proceedings No access
    4. Possible Improvements No access
  2. 1. The Concept of Article 32 JR No access
    2. The Application of Article 32 JR in the Member States No access
  3. 1. The Concept of Articles 34 and 35 JR No access
    2. Public Policy No access
    3. Practical Problems with other Grounds for Non-Recognition No access
  4. 1. Appeal Procedures No access
    2. The Admissibility of Defences against the Substantive Claim No access
    3. Efficiency No access
    4. Costs and Fees No access
  5. 1. Protection of the Debtor, Articles 46 and 47 (3) JR No access
    2. Article 47 JR No access
  6. Free Movement of Injunctions No access
  7. 1. Court Settlements, Article 58 JR No access
    2. Authentic Instruments No access
  8. 1. The First Alternative: Developing the Existing System No access
    2. The Second Proposal: Abolition of Exequatur Procedures No access
    3. Cross-border Injunctions No access
7. 1. Introduction No access
  2. 1. The Case Law provided by the Court of Justice No access
    2. 1. Austria No access
      2. Belgium No access
      3. France No access
      4. Germany No access
      5. Greece No access
      6. Ireland No access
      7. Italy No access
      8. The Netherlands No access
8. 1. 1. The Diversity of Provisional Measures provided for in Domestic Legislation No access
    2. International Jurisdiction for Provisional Measures No access
    3. Extraterritorial Effect of Measures (including Recognition and Enforcement abroad) No access
    4. Interaction of the Court seized or to be seized for the Substance of the Matter with the Court issuing Provisional Measures No access
    5. Anti-Suit Injunctions No access
    6. “Provisional” Measures given simultaneously- or even subsequent – to the Rendering of the Final Judgment No access
    7. Measures for obtaining Information No access
    8. Does an Arbitration Agreement really have an Impact on the Courts’ Jurisdiction to Order Provisional or Protective Measures? No access
9. 1. Policy Recommendations No access
10. 1. The Problem of Preventive Torpedo Actions No access
  2. The Defence based on the Alleged Invalidity of a Patent the Issue of which is Claimed to be for the Exclusive Jurisdiction under Article 22 (4) JR No access
  3. Consolidation of Proceedings against Several Alleged Infringers of Segments of a Munich Patent Bundle No access
  4. 1. Interim Restraining Injunctions No access
    2. Provisional Damages No access
  5. Measures for Obtaining Information No access
  6. Concluding Recommendations No access
1. Function and Scope of Application No access
2. Jurisdiction No access
3. Lis Pendens No access
4. 1. The First Alternative: Evolving the Existent System No access
  2. The Second Proposal: Abolition of Exequatur Procedures No access
  3. Cross-border Injunctions No access
5. Provisional Measures No access
6. Intellectual Property No access
1. Questionnaire No. 1: Collection of Statistical Data No access
2. Questionnaire No. 2: Collection of Empirical Data No access
3. Questionnaire No. 3: Legal Problem Analysis No access
Index No access Pages 226 - 231