Case C-370/16: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 30 May 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Novara — Italy) — Bruno Dell’Acqua v Eurocom Srl, Regione Lombardia (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Privileges and immunities of the European Union — Protocol No 7 — Article 1 — Whether or not prior authorisation from the Court is necessary — Structural Funds — EU financial assistance — Attachment proceedings against a national authority to attach sums deriving from that assistance)
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Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 30 May 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Novara — Italy) — Bruno Dell’Acqua v Eurocom Srl, Regione Lombardia
(Case C-370/16) ( 1 )
‛(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Privileges and immunities of the European Union — Protocol No 7 — Article 1 — Whether or not prior authorisation from the Court is necessary — Structural Funds — EU financial assistance — Attachment proceedings against a national authority to attach sums deriving from that assistance)’2018/C 259/04Language of the case: Italian
Referring court
Tribunale di Novara
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Bruno Dell’Acqua
Defendant: Eurocom Srl, Regione Lombardia
Intervening parties: Renato Quattrocchi, Antonella Pozzoli, Loris Lucini, Diego Chierici, Nicoletta Malaraggia, Elio Zonca, Sonia Fusi, Danilo Cattaneo, Alberto Terraneo, Luigi Luzzi
Operative part of the judgment
The last sentence of Article 1 of Protocol (No 7) on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union must be interpreted as meaning that prior authorisation from the Court is not necessary when a third party initiates attachment proceedings seeking to attach a claim against a Member State body that owes a corresponding debt to the debtor of the third party where that debtor is a beneficiary of funds granted for the purpose of implementing projects co-financed by the European Social Fund.
( 1 ) OJ C 383, 17.10.2016.
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