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Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 Article 6

Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 Article 6

Article 6

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 21(2) and Articles 24 and 25, be determined by the law of that Member State. 2.   As against such a defendant, any person domiciled in a Member State may, whatever his nationality, avail himself in that Member State of the rules of jurisdiction there in force, and in particular those of which the Member States are to notify the Commission pursuant to point (a) of Article 76(1), in the same way as nationals of that Member State.

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CitationArticle 6 of Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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