24.7.2017
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 239/31
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-250/17)
(2017/C 239/38)
Language of the case: Portuguese
Referring court
Supremo Tribunal de Justiça
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Virgílio Tarragó da Silveira
Defendant: Massa Insolvente da Espírito Santo Financial Group, SA
Question referred
Must the rule in Article 15 of Regulation No 1346/2000 (1) of 29 May 2000 be interpreted to the effect that its scope includes a lawsuit pending before a Member State seeking an order that a debtor pay a monetary sum due under a service contract and pay monetary damages for failure to comply with that obligation, bearing in mind that: (i) the debtor was declared bankrupt in proceedings commenced in a court in another Member State; and (ii) the declaration of insolvency applies to all of the debtor’s assets?
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings (OJ 2000 L 160, p. 1).
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