Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings Basic information Dates Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: May 31, 2002 Entry into force - See Art 47 Date of end of validity: Modified by Modified by: Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1792 of 29 September 2016 replacing Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings
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detail Council Regulation (EC) No 694/2006 of 27 April 2006 amending the lists of insolvency proceedings, winding-up proceedings and liquidators in Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings
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detail Council Regulation (EC) No 788/2008 of 24 July 2008 amending the lists of insolvency proceedings and winding-up proceedings in Annexes A and B to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings and codifying Annexes A, B and C to that Regulation
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detail Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 583/2011 of 9 June 2011 amending the lists of insolvency proceedings, winding-up proceedings and liquidators in Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings and codifying Annexes A, B and C to that Regulation
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detail Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded - Annex II: List referred to in Article 20 of the Act of Accession - 18. Cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs - A. Judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters
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detail Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013 adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, trans-European networks, judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, environment, customs union, external relations, foreign, security and defence policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia
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detail Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 663/2014 of 5 June 2014 replacing Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings
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detail Council Regulation (EC) No 681/2007 of 13 June 2007 amending the lists of insolvency proceedings, winding-up proceedings and liquidators in Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings
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detail Council Regulation (EC) No 603/2005 of 12 April 2005 amending the lists of insolvency proceedings, winding-up proceedings and liquidators in Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings
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detail Implementing Regulation of the Council (EU) No 210/2010 of 25 February 2010 amending the lists of insolvency proceedings, winding-up proceedings and liquidators in Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings and codifying Annexes A, B and C to that Regulation
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detail Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 of 20 November 2006 adapting certain Regulations and Decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement of persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture (including veterinary and phytosanitary legislation), transport policy, taxation, statistics, energy, environment, cooperation in the fields of justice and home affairs, customs union, external relations, common foreign and security policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
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detail Amendment proposed by: All documents based on this document: Council Regulation (EC) No 603/2005 of 12 April 2005 amending the lists of insolvency proceedings, winding-up proceedings and liquidators in Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings Council Regulation (EC) No 694/2006 of 27 April 2006 amending the lists of insolvency proceedings, winding-up proceedings and liquidators in Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings Council Regulation (EC) No 681/2007 of 13 June 2007 amending the lists of insolvency proceedings, winding-up proceedings and liquidators in Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings Council Regulation (EC) No 788/2008 of 24 July 2008 amending the lists of insolvency proceedings and winding-up proceedings in Annexes A and B to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings and codifying Annexes A, B and C to that Regulation Implementing Regulation of the Council (EU) No 210/2010 of 25 February 2010 amending the lists of insolvency proceedings, winding-up proceedings and liquidators in Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings and codifying Annexes A, B and C to that Regulation Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 583/2011 of 9 June 2011 amending the lists of insolvency proceedings, winding-up proceedings and liquidators in Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings and codifying Annexes A, B and C to that Regulation Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 663/2014 of 5 June 2014 replacing Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1792 of 29 September 2016 replacing Annexes A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings Repealed by: Modifies Affected by case Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 22 November 2012. Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA and PPHU ‘ADAX’/Ryszard Adamiak v Christianapol sp. z o.o. Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy Poznań-Stare Miasto w Poznaniu. Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Insolvency proceedings — Concept of ‘closure of insolvency proceedings’ — Possibility for a court before which secondary insolvency proceedings have been brought to examine the debtor’s insolvency — Possibility of opening winding-up proceedings as secondary insolvency proceedings where the main proceedings are sauvegarde proceedings. Case C‑116/11. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 November 2019. CeDe Group AB v KAN Sp. z o.o. in bankruptcy. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Articles 4 and 6 — Insolvency proceedings — Applicable law — European order for payment procedure — Failure to pay a contractual claim before bankruptcy — Exception of set-off based on a contractual claim arising prior to bankruptcy. Case C-198/18. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 10 September 2009. German Graphics Graphische Maschinen GmbH v Alice van der Schee. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Hoge Raad der Nederlanden - Netherlands. Insolvency - Application of the law of the Member State of the opening of proceedings - Reservation of title - Situation of assets. Case C-292/08. A04P2LB A25P2 A25P1 A07P1 Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber), 4 December 2014. H v H.K. Request for preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Darmstadt. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Jurisdiction of the courts of a Member State in which insolvency proceedings have been opened for an action in respect of insolvency against a defendant domiciled in a non-member State — Action brought against the managing director of a company for reimbursement of payments made after that company has become insolvent or after it has been established that its liabilities exceed its assets. Case C‑295/13. Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 6 June 2018. Virgílio Tarragó da Silveira v Massa Insolvente da Espírito Santo Financial Group, SA. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Insolvency proceedings — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Article 15 — Effects of insolvency proceedings on lawsuits pending concerning an asset or a right of which the debtor has been divested — Concept of ‘lawsuit pending’ — Substantive proceedings for the recognition of the existence of a debt. Case C-250/17. Case C-339/07: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 February 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof — Germany) — Christopher Seagon in his capacity as liquidator in respect of the assets of Frick Teppichboden Supermärkte GmbH v Deko Marty Belgium NV (Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Insolvency proceedings — Court with jurisdiction) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 3.1 Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 17 November 2011. Procureur-generaal bij het hof van beroep te Antwerpen v Zaza Retail BV. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Hof van Cassatie - Belgium. Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 - Insolvency proceedings - Opening of territorial insolvency proceedings - Conditions laid down by the applicable national law preventing the opening of main insolvency proceedings - Creditor empowered to request the opening of territorial insolvency proceedings. Case C-112/10. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 26 October 2016. SCI Senior Home v Gemeinde Wedemark and Hannoversche Volksbank eG. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Insolvency proceedings — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Article 5 — Notion de ‘third parties’ rights in rem’ — Public charge against immovable property to ensure payment of real property tax. Case C-195/15. Case C-292/08: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 10 September 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands)) — German Graphics Graphische Maschinen GmbH v Alice van der Schee, acting as liquidator of Holland Binding BV (Insolvency — Application of the law of the Member State of the opening of proceedings — Reservation of title — Situation of assets) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 25.2 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 25.1 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 7.1 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 4.2 B) Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 4 December 2019. UB v VA and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Insolvency proceedings — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Article 3(1) — Actions which derive directly from insolvency proceedings and which are closely connected with such proceedings — Sale of immovable property and creation of a mortgage — Action brought by the trustee in bankruptcy seeking a declaration that the transactions concerned are ineffective — Article 25(1) — Exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Member State in which the insolvency proceedings were opened. Case C-493/18. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 16 January 2014. Ralph Schmid v Lilly Hertel. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Insolvency proceedings — Action to set a transaction aside by virtue of the debtor’s insolvency — Defendant resident in a third country — Jurisdiction of the court of the Member State where the debtor has the centre of his main interests. Case C‑328/12. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 9 November 2017. Tünkers France and Tünkers Maschinenbau GmbH v Expert France. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France). Reference for a preliminary ruling — Insolvency proceedings — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Court having jurisdiction — Action for unfair competition brought in the context of insolvency proceedings — Action brought by a company having its registered office in another Member State against the assignee of part of the business of a company subject to insolvency proceedings — Action not part of the proceedings or action deriving directly from those proceedings and closely connected with them. Case C-641/16. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 18 September 2019. Skarb Pánstwa Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej – Generalny Dyrektor Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad v Stephan Riel, en qualité d’administrateur judiciaire de Alpine Bau GmbH. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Wien. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 — Jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters — Scope — Article 1(2)(b) — Bankruptcy, proceedings relating to the winding-up of insolvent companies or other legal persons, judicial arrangements, compositions and analogous proceedings — Not included — Action for a declaration that a claim exists for the purposes of its registration in insolvency proceedings — Application of Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Article 41 — Content of the lodgement of a claim — Main and secondary insolvency proceedings — Lis pendens and related actions — Application by analogy of Article 29(1) of Regulation No 1215/2012 — Inadmissibility. Case C-47/18. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 10 December 2015. Simona Kornhaas v Thomas Dithmar als Insolvenzverwalter über das Vermögen der Kornhaas Montage und Dienstleistung Ltd. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Insolvency proceedings — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Article 4(1) — Determination of the applicable law — Legislation of a Member State laying down the obligation for a managing director of a company to reimburse that company for the payments made after it had become insolvent — Application of that legislation to a company established in another Member State — Articles 49 TFEU and 54 TFEU — Restriction on the freedom of establishment — None. Case C-594/14. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 20 October 2011. Interedil Srl, in liquidation v Fallimento Interedil Srl and Intesa Gestione Crediti SpA. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Tribunale di Bari - Italy. Reference for a preliminary ruling - Whether a lower court has the power to refer a question to the Court for a preliminary ruling - Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 - Insolvency proceedings - International jurisdiction - The centre of a debtor’s main interests - Transfer of a registered office to another Member State - Concept of establishment. Case C-396/09. Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 25 November 2021. Proceedings brought by NK. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Višje sodišče v Ljubljani. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Insolvency proceedings – Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 – Articles 4 and 28 – Article 32(2) – Time limit for the lodging of claims in insolvency proceedings – Lodging, in secondary insolvency proceedings ongoing in a Member State, of claims by the liquidator in the main proceedings pending in another Member State – Compulsory time limit laid down by the law of the State in which secondary insolvency proceedings have been opened. Case C-25/20. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 February 2009. Christopher Seagon v Deko Marty Belgium NV. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesgerichtshof - Germany. Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Insolvency proceedings - Court with jurisdiction. Case C-339/07. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 April 2015. Hermann Lutz v Elke Bäuerle. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Articles 4 and 13 — Insolvency proceedings — Payment made after the date on which insolvency proceedings were opened on the basis of attachment carried out before that date — Action to set aside an act detrimental to the interests of the creditors — Limitation periods or other time-bars relating to actions to set transactions aside — Procedural requirements for the action — Applicable law. Case C-557/13. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 4 September 2014. Burgo Group SpA v Illochroma SA and Jérôme Theetten. Request for a preliminary ruling from the cour d’appel de Bruxelles. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Insolvency proceedings — Definition of ‘establishment’ — Group of companies — Establishment — Right to request the opening of secondary insolvency proceedings — Criteria — Person empowered to request the opening of secondary insolvency proceedings. Case C‑327/13. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 15 October 2015. Nike European Operations Netherlands BV v Sportland Oy. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Helsingin hovioikeus. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Articles 4 and 13 — Insolvency proceedings — Detrimental legal acts — Action for restitution of payments made before the date on which insolvency proceedings were opened — Law of the Member State in which insolvency proceedings were opened — Law of the Member State governing the legal act at issue — Law not allowing ‘any means of challenging that act in the relevant case’ — Burden of proof. Case C-310/14. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 15 December 2011. Rastelli Davide e C. Snc v Jean-Charles Hidoux. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Cour de cassation - France. Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 - Insolvency proceedings - International jurisdiction - Extension of insolvency proceedings opened in respect of a company established in one Member State to a company whose registered office is in another Member State because the property of the two companies has been intermixed. Case C-191/10. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber), 5 July 2012. ERSTE Bank Hungary Nyrt v Magyar Állam and Others. Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Legfelsőbb Bíróság. Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Insolvency proceedings — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Article 5(1) — Temporal application — Action in rem brought in a non-EU Member State — Insolvency proceedings opened against the debtor in another Member State — First State which has become a member of the European Union — Whether applicable. Case C‑527/10. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 November 2018. Wiemer & Trachte GmbH v Zhan Oved Tadzher. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven kasatsionen sad. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Insolvency proceedings — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Article 3(1) — International jurisdiction — Action to set a transaction aside — Exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Member State within the territory of which insolvency proceedings have been opened. Case C-296/17. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 9 November 2016. ENEFI Energiahatékonysági Nyrt v Direcția Generală Regională a Finanțelor Publice Brașov (DGRFP). Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Mureș. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Insolvency proceedings — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Article 4 — Effects provided for by legislation of a Member State on claims which were not pursued by means of insolvency proceedings — Forfeiture — Fiscal nature of the claim — No effect — Article 15 — Concept of ‘lawsuits pending’ — Enforcement proceedings — Excluded. Case C-212/15. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 19 September 2013. Christian Van Buggenhout and Ilse Van de Mierop v Banque Internationale à Luxembourg SA. Request for a preliminary ruling from the tribunal de commerce de Bruxelles. Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Insolvency proceedings — Article 24(1) — Honouring an obligation ‘for the benefit of a debtor that is subject to insolvency proceedings’ — Payment made to a creditor of that debtor. Case C‑251/12. Case C-444/07: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 January 2010 (Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Rejonowy Gdańsk-Północ — Republic of Poland) — Insolvency proceedings opened against MG Probud Gdynia sp. z o.o. (Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Insolvency proceedings — Refusal of recognition by a Member State of a judgment opening insolvency proceedings handed down by the competent court of another Member State and of the judgments concerning the course and closure of those insolvency proceedings) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 17 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 16 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 25.3 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 3 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 4 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 25 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 5 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 10 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 26 Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 11 June 2015. Comité d’entreprise de Nortel Networks SA and Others v Cosme Rogeau liquidator of Nortel Networks SA and Cosme Rogeau liquidator of Nortel Networks SA v Alan Robert Bloom and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the tribunal de commerce de Versailles. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Articles 2(g), 3(2) and 27 — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Main insolvency proceedings — Secondary insolvency proceedings — Conflict of jurisdiction — Exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction — Determination of the applicable law — Determination of the debtor’s assets falling within the secondary insolvency proceedings — Determination of the location of those assets — Assets situated in a third State. Case C-649/13. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 2 May 2006. Eurofood IFSC Ltd. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Supreme Court - Ireland. Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 - Insolvency proceedings - Decision to open the proceedings - Centre of the debtor's main interests - Recognition of insolvency proceedings - Public policy. Case C-341/04. Order of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 24 May 2016. Leonmobili Srl and Gennaro Leone v Homag Holzbearbeitungssysteme GmbH and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte di appello di Bari. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Article 3(1) and (2) — Insolvency proceedings — International jurisdiction — Centre of a debtor’s main interests — Transfer of a company’s registered office to another Member State — No establishment in the Member State of origin — Presumption that the centre of main interests is the place of the new registered office — Proof to the contrary. Case C-353/15. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 22 April 2021. ZM v E. A. Frerichs. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 – Insolvency proceedings – Article 4 – Law applicable to insolvency proceedings – Law of the Member State within the territory of which the proceedings are opened – Article 13 – Acts detrimental to all the creditors – Exception – Conditions – Act subject to the law of a Member State other than the State of the opening of proceedings – Act which is not open to challenge on the basis of that law – Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 – Law applicable to contractual obligations – Article 12(1)(b) – Scope of the law applicable to the contract – Performance of the obligations arising from the contract – Payment made in performance of a contract subject to the law of a Member State other than the State of the opening of proceedings – Performance by a third party – Action for repayment of that payment in insolvency proceedings – Law applicable to that payment. Case C-73/20. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 17 January 2006. Susanne Staubitz-Schreiber. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesgerichtshof - Germany. Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Insolvency proceedings - Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 - Temporal application - Court having jurisdiction. Case C-1/04. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 8 June 2017. Vinyls Italia SpA v Mediterranea di Navigazione SpA. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Ordinario di Venezia. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Insolvency proceedings — Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 — Articles 4 and 13 — Acts detrimental to all the creditors — Conditions in which the act in question may be challenged — Act subject to the law of a Member State other than the State of the opening of proceedings — Act which is not open to challenge on the basis of that law — Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 — Article 3(3) — Law chosen by the parties — Location of all the elements of the situation concerned in the State of the opening of proceedings — Effect. Case C-54/16. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 21 January 2010. MG Probud Gdynia sp. z o.o. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Sąd Rejonowy Gdańsk-Północ w Gdańsku - Poland. Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 - Insolvency proceedings - Refusal of recognition by a Member State of a judgment opening insolvency proceedings handed down by the competent court of another Member State and of the judgments concerning the course and closure of those insolvency proceedings. Case C-444/07. A03 A05 A25P3 A25 A04 A26 A16 A10 A17 Case C-25/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Višje sodišče v Ljubljani (Slovenia) lodged on 20 January 2020 — ALPINE Bau GmbH, Salzburg —Celje branch — in liquidation Case C-73/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 13 February 2020 — ZM in his capacity as liquidator in the insolvency proceedings relating to Oeltrans Befrachtungsgesellschaft mbH v E.A. Frerichs Case C-54/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Ordinario di Venezia (Italy) lodged on 29 January 2016 — Vinyls Italia SpA, in liquidation v Mediterranea di Navigazione SpA Case C-47/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Wien (Austria) lodged on 26 January 2018 — Skarb Pánstwa Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej — Generalny Dyrektor Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad v Stephan Riel, acting as administrator in the insolvency proceedings concerning the assets of Alpine Bau GmbH Case C-353/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte di Appello di Bari (Italy) lodged on 13 July 2015 — Leonmobili Srl, Gennaro Leone v Homag Holzbearbeitungssysteme GmbH and Others article 3 paragraph 2 article 3 paragraph 1 Case C-250/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (Portugal) lodged on 12 May 2017 — Virgílio Tarragó da Silveira v Massa Insolvente da Espírito Santo Financial Group, SA Case C-493/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France) lodged on 26 July 2018 — UB v VA, Tiger SCI, WZ, as UB’s trustee in bankruptcy, Banque patrimoine et immobilier SA Case C-535/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 11 September 2017 — NK, liquidator in the bankruptcies of OJ B.V. and PI v BNP Paribas Fortis N.V. article 4 paragraph 1 article 13 Case C-198/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen (Sweden) lodged on 20 March 2018 — CeDe Group AB v KAN Sp. z o.o. in bankruptcy article 6 paragraph 1 article 4 paragraph 2 point (d) article 4 Case C-212/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunalul Mureș (Romania) lodged on 8 May 2015 — ENEFI Energiahatekonysagi Nyrt v Direcția Generală Regională a Finanțelor Publice (DGRFP) Brașov — Administrația Județeană a Finanțelor Publice Mureș article 4 paragraph 2 point (f) article 4 paragraph 2 point (k) article 4 paragraph 1 Case C-296/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven kasatsionen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 22 May 2017 — Wiemer & Trachte GmbH (in insolvency) v Zhan Oved Tadzher article 16 article 25 article 21 paragraph 2 sentence 2 article 24 paragraph 2 article 18 paragraph 2 article 3 paragraph 1 article 24 paragraph 1 Case C-641/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France) lodged on 12 December 2016 — Tünkers France, Tünkers Maschinenbau GmbH v Expert France Case C-394/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Antwerpen (Belgium) lodged on 15 June 2022 — Oilchart International NV v O.W. 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