21.1.2019
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 25/12
Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 22 November 2018 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Okresný súd Dunajská Streda — Slovak Republic) — ZSE Energia a.s. v RG
(Case C-627/17) (1)
((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 - European Small Claims Procedure - Articles 2(1) and 3(1) - Scope - Concept of ‘parties’ - Cross-border disputes))
(2019/C 25/14)
Language of the case: Slovak
Referring court
Okresný súd Dunajská Streda
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: ZSE Energia a.s.
Defendant: RG
intervener: ZSE Energia CZ, s.r.o.
Operative part of the judgment
1.
Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Claims Procedure, as amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013, must be interpreted as meaning that the concept of ‘parties’ covers solely the applicant and the defendant in the main proceedings.
2.
Article 2(1) and Article 3(1) of Regulation No 861/2007, as amended by Regulation No 517/2013, must be interpreted as meaning that a dispute such as that in the main proceedings, in which the applicant and the defendant have their domicile or their habitual residence in the same Member State as the court or tribunal seised, does not come within the scope of that regulation.
(1) OJ C 42, 5.2.2018.
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