ABSTRACT – By order no. 29569, filed on 18 November 2024, the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation once again clarified the dynamic nature of the reference made, with regard to the jurisdiction of Italian courts over defendants not domiciled in a Member State of the European Union, by Article 3 (2) of Law No. 218 of 1995 to the Brussels Convention of 27 September 1968 on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, subsequently superseded by Regulation (EC) No. 44/2001 and Regulation (EU) No. 1215/2012. 1215/2012. The ruling presents several points of interest, firstly in its clarification of the scope of the referral mechanism established under Italian law, and secondly in its examination of the indemnity relationship within the framework of the EU’s private international law. This paper therefore aims, after reconstructing the factual context from which the order originated, to provide an analysis of the aforementioned aspects, with the objective of offering some critical remarks.
