14.8.2017 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 269/10 |
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Varhoven kasatsionen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 6 June 2017 — Neli Valcheva v Georgios Babanarakis
(Case C-335/17)
(2017/C 269/15)
Language of the case: Bulgarian
Referring court
Varhoven kasatsionen sad
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Neli Valcheva
Defendant: Georgios Babanarakis
Question referred
Is the concept of ‘rights of access’ used in Article 1(2)(a) and Article 2(10) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 (1) of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility to be interpreted as encompassing not only access between the parents and the child but also the child’s access to relatives other than the parents, that is to say the grandparents?