Chapter 2

1. Subject to this Regulation, persons domiciled in a Member State shall, whatever their nationality, be sued in the courts of that Member State.

1. Persons domiciled in a Member State may be sued in the courts of another Member State only by virtue of the rules set out in Sections 2 to 7 of…

1. If the defendant is not domiciled in a Member State, the jurisdiction of the courts of each Member State shall, subject to Article 18(1), Article…

A person domiciled in a Member State may be sued in another Member State:

A person domiciled in a Member State may also be sued:

Where by virtue of this Regulation a court of a Member State has jurisdiction in actions relating to liability from the use or operation of a ship…

In matters relating to insurance, jurisdiction shall be determined by this Section, without prejudice to Article 6 and point 5 of Article 7.

1. An insurer domiciled in a Member State may be sued:

In respect of liability insurance or insurance of immovable property, the insurer may in addition be sued in the courts for the place where the…

1. In respect of liability insurance, the insurer may also, if the law of the court permits it, be joined in proceedings which the injured party has…

1. Without prejudice to Article 13(3), an insurer may bring proceedings only in the courts of the Member State in which the defendant is domiciled…

The provisions of this Section may be departed from only by an agreement:

The following are the risks referred to in point 5 of Article 15:

1. In matters relating to a contract concluded by a person, the consumer, for a purpose which can be regarded as being outside his trade or…

1. A consumer may bring proceedings against the other party to a contract either in the courts of the Member State in which that party is domiciled…

The provisions of this Section may be departed from only by an agreement:

1. In matters relating to individual contracts of employment, jurisdiction shall be determined by this Section, without prejudice to Article 6, point…

1. An employer domiciled in a Member State may be sued:

1. An employer may bring proceedings only in the courts of the Member State in which the employee is domiciled.

The provisions of this Section may be departed from only by an agreement:

The following courts of a Member State shall have exclusive jurisdiction, regardless of the domicile of the parties:

1. If the parties, regardless of their domicile, have agreed that a court or the courts of a Member State are to have jurisdiction to settle any…

1. Apart from jurisdiction derived from other provisions of this Regulation, a court of a Member State before which a defendant enters an appearance…

Where a court of a Member State is seised of a claim which is principally concerned with a matter over which the courts of another Member State have…

1. Where a defendant domiciled in one Member State is sued in a court of another Member State and does not enter an appearance, the court shall…

1. Without prejudice to Article 31(2), where proceedings involving the same cause of action and between the same parties are brought in the courts of…

1. Where related actions are pending in the courts of different Member States, any court other than the court first seised may stay its proceedings.

1. Where actions come within the exclusive jurisdiction of several courts, any court other than the court first seised shall decline jurisdiction in…

1. For the purposes of this Section, a court shall be deemed to be seised:

1. Where jurisdiction is based on Article 4 or on Articles 7, 8 or 9 and proceedings are pending before a court of a third State at the time when a…

1. Where jurisdiction is based on Article 4 or on Articles 7, 8 or 9 and an action is pending before a court of a third State at the time when a…

Application may be made to the courts of a Member State for such provisional, including protective, measures as may be available under the law of…