Case C-375/13: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 28 January 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Handelsgericht Wien — Austria) — Harald Kolassa v Barclays Bank plc (Area of free...

C 107/4 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.3.2015 Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 28 January 2015 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Handelsgericht Wien — Austria) — Harald Kolassa v Barclays Bank plc (Case C-375/13) (1) (Area of freedom, security and justice — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters — Consumer contracts — Consumer, domiciled in one Member State, having purchased securities issued by a bank in another Member State from an intermediary established in a third Member State — Jurisdiction for actions brought against the bank that issued those securities) (2015/C 107/04) Language of the case: German Referring court Handelsgericht Wien Parties to the main proceedings Applicant: Harald Kolassa Defendant: Barclays Bank plc Operative part of the judgment 1) Article 15(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters must be interpreted as meaning that, in circumstances such as those of the case in the main proceedings, an applicant who, as a consumer, has acquired a bearer bond from a third party professional, without a contract having been concluded between that consumer and the issuer of the bond, which it is for the national court to verify, may not invoke jurisdiction under that provision for the purposes of an action brought against the issuer of the bond on the basis of the...