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by Marco Sposini
Laywer, Milan Bar Association
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The Court of Justice on special jurisdiction in tort, delict or quasi-delict, under point 2 of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012
22 February 2024
The Court of Justice of the European Union, by judgment ECLI:EU:C:2024:165, dated 22 February 2024, in Case C-81/23 – in proceedings between MA, an Austrian resident, and FCA Italy S.p.A. and FPT Industrial S.p.A., two Italian companies, concerning those companies’ liability for damage resulting from the incorporation of a defeat device that reduces the effectiveness of emission control systems in a vehicle purchased by MA – ruled that Point 2 of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters must be interpreted as meaning that, where a vehicle, allegedly equipped by its manufacturer, in a first Member State, with an unlawful defeat device that reduces the effectiveness of emission control systems, has formed the subject of a contract of sale concluded in a second Member State and has been delivered to the purchaser in a third Member State, the place where the damage occurred, within the meaning of that provision, is in the latter Member State.
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