Key legal question
Whether the Swiss enforcement proceedings had to be stayed because the German enforcement opposition action was filed first.
Extracted holding
No stay was required because the Swiss debt-enforcement steps had already made the matter pending in Switzerland before the German action was filed.
Extracted reasoning
For purposes of Art. 9 IPRG, pendency in Switzerland dates back to the first necessary enforcement step; here the debt-collection request and service of the payment order preceded the German action. Moreover, the German action concerned a different object from the Swiss enforcement request.