The WLR Daily case summaries
[2017] WLR (D) 405
Court of Justice of the European Union
Khorassani v Pflanz
(Case C‑678/15)
EU:C:2017:451
2016 Nov 16; 2017 Feb 8; June 14
President of Chamber T von Danwitz,Judges E Juhász, C Vajda (Rapporteur), K Jürimäe, C LycourgosAdvocate General M Campos Sánchez-Bordona
Financial services— Markets in financial instruments— Investment services and activities— Defendant brokering asset management agreement between claimant and third party— Claimant cancelling agreement and seeking repayment of large amounts paid and damages— Meaning of “investment services”— Whether “investment service” consisting in reception and transmission of orders in relation to one or more financial instruments including brokering with a view to concluding an asset management contract—
Parliament and Council Directive 2004/39/EC, art 4(1)(2), Annex I, Section A, pt 1