33The purpose of the fourth indent of Article 220 of the EC Treaty (now the fourth indent of Article 293 EC), on the basis of which the Member States concluded the Brussels Convention, is to facilitate the working of the common market through the adoption of rules of jurisdiction for disputes relating thereto and through the elimination, as far as is possible, of difficulties concerning the recognition and enforcement of judgments in the territory of the Contracting States (Case C-398/92 Mund & Fester [1994] ECR I-467, paragraph 11). In fact it is not disputed that the Brussels Convention helps to ensure the smooth working of the internal market.
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