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(C/2025/3393)
Language of the case: German
Appellant: LS
Respondent: GT
Do Italian proceedings on the recognition of civil effects before the competent Corte d’Appello in Naples under Article 8(2) of the Agreement of 18 February 1984 between the Holy See and the Italian Republic, amending the ‘Concordato lateranense’ of 11 February 1929, constitute proceedings relating to marriage annulment within the meaning of Article 19(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 (Brussels IIa Regulation)? (2)
If the answer to question 1 is in the affirmative:
Is a court first seised in Germany concerning a divorce to be decreed permitted, contrary to Article 19(1) of the Brussels IIa Regulation, to stay its proceedings under national rules in favour of the court second seised which has to rule on recognition of civil effects proceedings?
(1) The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any party to the proceedings.
(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, repealing Regulation (EC) No 1347/2000 (OJ 2003 L 338, p. 1).
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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/3393/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)
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