Jugment

Case C-116/11

Decision:

"On those grounds, the Court (First Chamber) hereby rules:

1. Article 4(2)(j) of Council Regulation (EC) n.º 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) n.º 788/2008 of 24 July 2008, must be interpreted as meaning that it is for the national law of the Member State in which insolvency proceedings have been opened to determine at which moment the closure of those proceedings occurs.

2. Article 27 of Regulation n.º 1346/2000, as amended by Regulation n.º 788/2008, must be interpreted as meaning that it permits the opening of secondary insolvency proceedings in the Member State in which the debtor has an establishment, where the main proceedings have a protective purpose. It is for the court having jurisdiction to open secondary proceedings to have regard to the objectives of the main proceedings and to take account of the scheme of the Regulation, in keeping with the principle of sincere cooperation.

3. Article 27 of Regulation n.º 1346/2000, as amended by Regulation n.º 788/2008, must be interpreted as meaning that the court before which an application to have secondary insolvency proceedings opened has been made cannot examine the insolvency of a debtor against which main proceedings have been opened in another Member State, even where the latter proceedings have a protective purpose."