Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) 26 March 1992

In Case C-261/90, REFERENCE to the Court, under the Protocol of 3 June 1971 on the interpretation by the Court of Justice of the Convention of 27 September 1968 on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, by the Cour d'Appel d'Aix-en-Provence (Court of Appeal, Aix-en-Provence) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between

THE COURT (Fifth Chamber), composed of: R. Joliét, President of Chamber, F. Grévisse, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias and M. Zuleeg, Judges, Advocate General: C. Gulmann, Registrar: J. A. Pompe, Deputy Registrar,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: Dresdner Bank AG, by Egbert Jestaedt and Otto Steinmann, Rechtsanwälte, Saarbrücken; the Commission of the European Communities, by Etienne Lasnet, Legal Adviser, acting as Agent, assisted by Hervé Lehman, of the Paris Bar;

having regard to the Report for the Hearing,

after hearing the oral observations of Dresdner Bank AG and the Commission at the hearing on 6 December 1991,

after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 20 February 1992,

gives the following

Judgment

Interpretation of Article 5(3) of the Convention

Article 16(5) of the Convention

Article 24 of the Convention

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1 Language of the case: French.