WB (Judicial cooperation in civil matters - Legal classification of the national deed of certification of succession - Judgment)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in civil matters — Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 — Article 3(1)(g) and (i) — Definition of a ‘decision’ in a matter of succession — Definition of an ‘authentic instrument’ in a matter of succession — Legal classification of the national deed of certification of succession — Article 3(2) — Definition of a ‘court’ — Failure by the Member State to notify the European Commission of notaries as non-judicial authorities exercising judicial functions like courts)

REQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Sąd Okręgowy w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim (Regional Court, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland), made by decision of 10 October 2017, received at the Court on 24 November 2017, in the proceedings brought by

composed of J.‑C. Bonichot, President of the Chamber, C. Toader (Rapporteur), A. Rosas, L. Bay Larsen and M. Safjan, Judges,

having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 29 November 2018,

– Ms Bac, acting in her capacity as notary, by M. Margoński, zastępca notarialny,