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European Union – Civil and Commercial matters. The Court of Justice of the European Union gave a preliminary ruling, deciding, among other things that, art 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 should be interpreted as meaning that a complaint lodged with an investigating magistrate seeking to join a civil action to proceedings fell within the scope of that regulation in so far as its object was to obtain monetary compensation for harm allegedly suffered by the complainant.
European Union – Civil and Commercial matters. The Court of Justice of the European Union gave a preliminary ruling, deciding, among other things that, art 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 should be interpreted as meaning that a complaint lodged with an investigating magistrate seeking to join a civil action to proceedings fell within the scope of that regulation in so far as its object was to obtain monetary compensation for harm allegedly suffered by the complainant.
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