Krones AG and Others v Samskip GmbH – ECJ – Case No C-456/11 – 15 November 2012

Practice – Judgment – Recognition – Carriage of goods – Exclusive Iceland jurisdiction clause in bill of lading – Whether courts of one member state bound to recognise judgment of another member state determining that clause conferred exclusive jurisdiction on non-member state – Whether relevant that judgment was procedural in nature – Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, articles 32 and 33

Krones AG, a German company, sold a brewing installation to a Mexican undertaking (the recipient). Krones charged Samskip GmbH, another German company, with the task of organising and providing the transport of the installation from Antwerp, Belgium, to Mexico.