Dismissal of complaint against non-admission of revision without reasoning under § 544 Abs. 6 ZPO

The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) dismissed the defendant’s complaint, thereby upholding the Cologne Higher Regional Court’s earlier non-admission of the revision appeal; the defendant bears the costs of the complaint proceedings, and the value in dispute is set at €489,142.76. The case involved a civil proceeding where the defendant challenged the lower court’s refusal to admit the appeal for revision, but no substantive merits were reviewed at this level. The court denied the provision of a reasoned decision pursuant to Section 544 Paragraph 6 Sentence 2 Sub-sentence 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO), as a detailed rationale would not contribute to clarifying the requirements for admitting a revision, and allocated litigation costs under Section 97 Paragraph 1 ZPO.