Article 1

1. This Regulation shall apply in civil and commercial matters whatever the nature of the court or tribunal. It shall not extend, in particular, to revenue, customs or administrative matters or to the liability of the State for acts and omissions in the exercise of State authority (acta iure imperii).

2. This Regulation shall not apply to:
(a) the status or legal capacity of natural persons, rights in property arising out of a matrimonial relationship or out of a relationship deemed by the law applicable to such relationship to have comparable effects to marriage;
(b) bankruptcy, proceedings relating to the winding-up of insolvent companies or other legal persons, judicial arrangements, compositions and analogous proceedings;

(c) social security;
(d) arbitration;
(e) maintenance obligations arising from a family relationship, parentage, marriage or affinity;
(f) wills and succession, including maintenance obligations arising by reason of death.

Case law:

IPPT20251117, UPC CFI, LD Lisbon, Boehringer v Zentiva
Preliminary Objection rejected, the UPC has exclusive Jurisdiction. (Article 31 , Article 32 UPCA, Rule 19.1(a) RoP) . No opt-out from the exclusive competence related to the Patent is in effect. (Rule 19.1(a) RoP). The action lodged by the Claimant does not concern an administrative matter. (Article 1(1) Brussels Regulation).