6.3.2017
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 70/10
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-641/16)
(2017/C 070/15)
Language of the case: French
Referring court
Cour de cassation
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicants: Tünkers France, Tünkers Maschinenbau GmbH
Defendant: Expert France
Question referred
Must Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings (1) be interpreted as meaning that the court which opened insolvency proceedings has exclusive jurisdiction over an action seeking to establish liability by which the assignee of part of a business acquired in the course of those insolvency proceedings is accused of misrepresenting itself as the exclusive distributor or the goods manufactured by the debtor?
(1) OJ 2000 L 160, p. 1.