Judgment_paragraph 28 · Eirini Lechouritou and Others v Dimosio tis Omospondiakis Dimokratias tis Germanias (C-292/05)

28It must be stated at the outset that while the Brussels Convention, in accordance with the first sentence of the first paragraph of Article 1, lays down the principle that its scope is limited to civil and commercial matters', it does not define the meaning or the scope of that concept.