Giurisdizione in materia esecutiva: debitore residente all'estero ed espropriazione di crediti presso terzi in Italia

The comment deals with international jurisdiction in the matter of third party attachment, with a focus on cases where the judgment debtor is domiciled abroad. Following the introduction of Article 26 bis in the Italian Civil Procedure Code, which has changed the criteria to determine territorial competence, the Court of Milan gave an interpretation pursuant to which, when the judgment debtor is domiciled abroad, the court where the third party is domiciled has international jurisdiction. The Author critically assesses such interpretation in light of the regulatory framework currently in force on a national and supranational level