12.4.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 92/12


Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de Primera Instancia e Instrucción no 5 San Javier (Spain) lodged on 14 January 2008 — Roda Golf & Beach Resort SL

(Case C-14/08)

(2008/C 92/21)

Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado de Primera Instancia e Instrucción (Court of First Instance and Preliminary Investigations) no 5 San Javier

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Roda Golf & Beach Resort SL

Questions referred

1.

Does the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 (1) extend to the service of extrajudicial documents exclusively by and on private persons using the physical and personal resources of the courts and tribunals of the European Union and the regulatory framework of European law even when no court proceedings have been commenced? Or,

2

Does Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 on the contrary apply exclusively in the context of judicial cooperation between Member States and court proceedings in progress (Articles 61(c), 67(1) and 65 EC and recital 6 of the preamble to Regulation 1348/2000)?


(1)  Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 of 29 May 2000 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (OJ 2000 L 160, p. 37).