The famous decision on COMI (Centre of Main Interests) and the opening of main insolvency proceedings under the European Insolvency Regulation, which involved an Irish subsidiary of the Italian Parmalat group, is not the easiest to find quickly on the internet, so here's the link:

Eurofood IFSC Ltd, European Court of Justice Case C-341/04, Judgement of the Court (Grand Chamber), 2 May 2006

and here's the preceding Advocate General's Opinion:

Opinion of Advocate General Jacobs, 27 September 2005

For a selection of commentaries, try the following links:

• eir-database.com: Commentary on Case C-341/04
• A&L Goodbody (solicitors for the Irish Provisional Liquidator): Eurofood ECJ Decision - Guidelines on COMI
• Weil, Gotshal & Manges (lawyers acting for the Italian Extraordinary Administrator): European Court of Justice Establishes Approach for Determining Debtor's Center of Main Interests
• Linklaters: Eurofood - the ECJ ruling on the determination of COMI
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: The Eurofood IFSC Case

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