Stefan Fahnenbrock (C‑226/13), Holger Priestoph (C‑245/13), Matteo Antonio Priestoph (C‑245/13), Pia Antonia Priestoph (C‑245/13), Rudolf Reznicek (C‑247/13), Hans-Jürgen Kickler (C‑578/13), Walther Wöhlk (C‑578/13), Zahnärztekammer Schleswig-Holstein Versorgungswerk (C‑578/13) gegen Hellenische Republik

JUDGMENT OF 11. 6. 2015 — JOINED CASES C‑226/13, C‑245/13, C‑247/13 AND C‑578/13 FAHNENBROCK AND OTHERS

Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) 11 June 2015 Language of the case: German.

Stefan Fahnenbrock (C‑226/13), Holger Priestoph (C‑245/13), Matteo Antonio Priestoph (C‑245/13), Pia Antonia Priestoph (C‑245/13), Rudolf Reznicek (C‑247/13), Hans-Jürgen Kickler (C–578/13), Walther Wöhlk (C‑578/13), Zahnärztekammer Schleswig-Holstein Versorgungswerk (C‑578/13) v Hellenische Republic

THE COURT (First Chamber), composed of A. Tizzano (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, S. Rodin, E. Levits, M. Berger and F. Biltgen, Judges, Advocate General: Y. Bot, Registrar: M. Aleksejev, Administrator, having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 15 October 2014 , after considering the observations submitted on behalf of: Mr Fahnenbrock, Messrs and Ms Priestoph and M. Reznicek, by F. Braun, Rechtsanwalt, Mr Kickler, Mr Wöhlk and the Zahnärztekammer Schleswig-Holstein Versorgungswerk, by O. Hoepner, Rechtsanwalt, the Greek Government, by D. Kalogiros, S. Charitaki, A. Karageorgou, S. Lekkou, M. Skorila and E. Panopoulou, acting as Agents, the European Commission, by B. Eggers and A.-M. Rouchaud-Joët, acting as Agents, after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 9 December 2014 , gives the following

On those grounds, the Court (First Chamber) hereby rules: Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (service of documents), and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000. must be interpreted as meaning that legal actions for compensation for disturbance of ownership and property rights, contractual performance and damages, such as those at issue in the main proceedings, brought by private persons who are holders of government bonds against the issuing State, fall within the scope of that regulation in so far as it does not appear that they are manifestly outside the concept of civil or commercial matters.

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