International character - Condition - Proceedings capable of being brought before the courts of a contracting State other than that of the court seised - Action brought by a plaintiff domiciled in a non-contracting State before the courts of a contracting State - Applicability of the Convention - Domicile of the plaintiff not material - N° 1996/26
Uniform interpretation of the Convention – Principles – Consideration of relevant decisions given by the courts of other Contracting States and of the interpretation given by the Court of Justice to the Brussels Convention where that is not influenced by the simultaneous application of the EC Treaty - N° 2005/23
Uniform interpretation of the Convention – Duty of the courts of the EC Member States to take account of the case-law of the Court of Justice, of the courts of the Member States concerning the Brussels Convention - N° 2005/26