CHAPTER I SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1(1) This Regulation shall apply in civil and commercial matters...
Article 2For the purposes of this Regulation: ‘judgment’ means any judgment...
Article 3For the purposes of this Regulation, ‘court’ includes the following...
CHAPTER II JURISDICTION
SECTION 1 General provisions
Article 4(1) Subject to this Regulation, persons domiciled in a Member...
Article 5(1) Persons domiciled in a Member State may be sued...
Article 6(1) If the defendant is not domiciled in a Member...
SECTION 2 Special jurisdiction
Article 7A person domiciled in a Member State may be sued...
Article 8A person domiciled in a Member State may also be...
Article 9Where by virtue of this Regulation a court of a...
SECTION 3 Jurisdiction in matters relating to insurance
Article 10In matters relating to insurance, jurisdiction shall be determined by...
Article 11(1) An insurer domiciled in a Member State may be...
Article 12In respect of liability insurance or insurance of immovable property,...
Article 13(1) In respect of liability insurance, the insurer may also,...
Article 14(1) Without prejudice to Article 13(3), an insurer may bring...
Article 15The provisions of this Section may be departed from only...
Article 16The following are the risks referred to in point 5...
SECTION 4 Jurisdiction over consumer contracts
Article 17(1) In matters relating to a contract concluded by a...
Article 18(1) A consumer may bring proceedings against the other party...
Article 19The provisions of this Section may be departed from only...
SECTION 5 Jurisdiction over individual contracts of employment
Article 20(1) In matters relating to individual contracts of employment, jurisdiction...
Article 21(1) An employer domiciled in a Member State may be...
Article 22(1) An employer may bring proceedings only in the courts...
Article 23The provisions of this Section may be departed from only...
SECTION 6 Exclusive jurisdiction
Article 24The following courts of a Member State shall have exclusive...
SECTION 7 Prorogation of jurisdiction
Article 25(1) If the parties, regardless of their domicile, have agreed...
Article 26(1) Apart from jurisdiction derived from other provisions of this...
SECTION 8 Examination as to jurisdiction and admissibility
Article 27Where a court of a Member State is seised of...
Article 28(1) Where a defendant domiciled in one Member State is...
SECTION 9 Lis pendens — related actions
Article 29(1) Without prejudice to Article 31(2), where proceedings involving the...
Article 30(1) Where related actions are pending in the courts of...
Article 31(1) Where actions come within the exclusive jurisdiction of several...
Article 32(1) For the purposes of this Section, a court shall...
Article 33(1) Where jurisdiction is based on Article 4 or on...
Article 34(1) Where jurisdiction is based on Article 4 or on...
SECTION 10 Provisional, including protective, measures
Article 35Application may be made to the courts of a Member...
CHAPTER III RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT
SECTION 1 Recognition
Article 36(1) A judgment given in a Member State shall be...
Article 37(1) A party who wishes to invoke in a Member...
Article 38The court or authority before which a judgment given in...
SECTION 2 Enforcement
Article 39A judgment given in a Member State which is enforceable...
Article 40An enforceable judgment shall carry with it by operation of...
Article 41(1) Subject to the provisions of this Section, the procedure...
Article 42(1) For the purposes of enforcement in a Member State...
Article 43(1) Where enforcement is sought of a judgment given in...
Article 44(1) In the event of an application for refusal of...
SECTION 3 Refusal of recognition and enforcement
Subsection 1 Refusal of recognition
Article 45(1) On the application of any interested party, the recognition...
Subsection 2 Refusal of enforcement
Article 46On the application of the person against whom enforcement is...
Article 47(1) The application for refusal of enforcement shall be submitted...
Article 48The court shall decide on the application for refusal of...
Article 49(1) The decision on the application for refusal of enforcement...
Article 50The decision given on the appeal may only be contested...
Article 51(1) The court to which an application for refusal of...
SECTION 4 Common provisions
Article 52Under no circumstances may a judgment given in a Member...
Article 53The court of origin shall, at the request of any...
Article 54(1) If a judgment contains a measure or an order...
Article 55A judgment given in a Member State which orders a...
Article 56No security, bond or deposit, however described, shall be required...
Article 57(1) When a translation or a transliteration is required under...
CHAPTER IV AUTHENTIC INSTRUMENTS AND COURT SETTLEMENTS
Article 58(1) An authentic instrument which is enforceable in the Member...
Article 59A court settlement which is enforceable in the Member State...
Article 60The competent authority or court of the Member State of...
CHAPTER V GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 61No legalisation or other similar formality shall be required for...
Article 62(1) In order to determine whether a party is domiciled...
Article 63(1) For the purposes of this Regulation, a company or...
Article 64Without prejudice to any more favourable provisions of national laws,...
Article 65(1) The jurisdiction specified in point 2 of Article 8...
CHAPTER VI TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Article 66(1) This Regulation shall apply only to legal proceedings instituted,...
CHAPTER VII RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER INSTRUMENTS
Article 67This Regulation shall not prejudice the application of provisions governing...
Article 68(1) This Regulation shall, as between the Member States, supersede...
Article 69Subject to Articles 70 and 71, this Regulation shall, as...
Article 70(1) The conventions referred to in Article 69 shall continue...
Article 71(1) This Regulation shall not affect any conventions to which...
Article 71a(1) For the purposes of this Regulation, a court common...
Article 71bThe jurisdiction of a common court shall be determined as...
Article 71c(1) Articles 29 to 32 shall apply where proceedings are...
Article 71dThis Regulation shall apply to the recognition and enforcement of:...
Article 72This Regulation shall not affect agreements by which Member States,...
Article 73(1) This Regulation shall not affect the application of the...
CHAPTER VIII FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 74The Member States shall provide, within the framework of the...
Article 75By 10 January 2014, the Member States shall communicate to...
Article 76(1) The Member States shall notify the Commission of:
Article 77The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in...
Article 78(1) The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on...
Article 79By 11 January 2022 the Commission shall present a report...
Article 80This Regulation shall repeal Regulation (EC) No 44/2001. References to...
Article 81This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day...
ANNEX I
ANNEX II
ANNEX III

Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 12 December 2012

on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters

(recast) (revoked)

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