Brutal breakdown: the CJEU questioned on the contractual or criminal nature of the action

Cass. 1st civ., 2 April 2025, No. 23-11.456 – Reference for a preliminary ruling to the CJEU In an important judgment of 2 April 2025, the First Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation decided to suspend its decision in a dispute concerning the abrupt breakdown of established commercial relations, in order to refer a question to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling on the nature – contractual or criminal – o…