16First, it is clear from that case-law that, with regard to this type of contract, the place of performance of the obligation upon which the claim is based, as referred to in Article 5(1) of the Convention, must be determined by reference to uniform criteria which it is for the Court to lay down on the basis of the scheme and objectives of the Convention (see, inter alia, Case C-125/92 Mulox IBC [1993] ECR I-4075, paragraphs 10, 11 and 16; Case C-383/95 Rutten [1997] ECR I-57, paragraphs 12 and 13; and Case C-37/00 Weber [2002] ECR I-2013, paragraph 38). The Court has stressed that such an autonomous interpretation alone is capable of ensuring uniform application of the Convention, the objectives of which include unification of the rules on jurisdiction of the Contracting States, so as to avoid as far as possible the multiplication of the bases of jurisdiction in relation to one and the same legal relationship and to reinforce the legal protection available to persons established in the Community by, at the same time, allowing the plaintiff easily to identify the court before which he may bring an action and the defendant reasonably to foresee the court before which he may be sued (Mulox IBC, cited above, paragraph 11; Rutten, cited above, paragraph 13).
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