14Accordingly, as the Court has held for similar reasons as regards, in particular, the concept of ‘matters relating to a contract’ and other concepts, referred to in Article 5 of the Convention, which serve as criteria for determining special jurisdiction (see the judgment in Case 34/82Peters v ZNAV [1983] ECR 987, paragraphs 9 and 10), the concept of ‘agreement conferring jurisdiction’ in Article 17 must be regarded as an independent concept.
11 judgesR. Joliét, F. A. Schockweiler, F. Grévisse, P. J. G. Kapteyn (Presidents of Chambers), G. F. Mancini, C. N. Kakouris, J. C. Moitinho de Almeida, G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias, M. Diez de Velasco, M. Zuleeg, J. L. Murray