Non-admission of revision on civil liability matter: BGH declines reasoned review under § 544 Abs. 6 Satz 2 ZPO where no clarification of admissibility criteria is expected.

The German Federal Court of Civil Procedure (BGH) dismissed the defendant’s non-admission complaint, upholding the Higher Regional Court of Cologne’s prior decision and ordering the defendant to bear the costs of the appellate proceedings; the dispute concerned a civil law matter with a subject matter value of 152,131.14 EUR, where the defendant sought to challenge the lower court’s judgment. The court ruled that a reasoned decision was omitted under § 544 Abs. 6 Satz 2, 2. Halbsatz ZPO, as providing one would not contribute to clarifying the criteria for admitting an appeal to the Federal Court of Justice.