26That interpretation would, moreover, be contrary to the objective pursued by Regulation No 2201/2003. As is clear from Recitals 4 and 8 in the preamble to Regulation No 1347/2000, whose provisions on the jurisdiction to hear questions relating to divorce are essentially repeated in Regulation No 2201/2003, the latter regulation aims to lay down uniform conflict of law rules for divorce in order to ensure a free movement of persons which is as wide as possible. Consequently, Regulation No 2201/2003 applies also to nationals of non-Member States whose links with the territory of a Member State are sufficiently close, in keeping with the grounds of jurisdiction laid down in that regulation, grounds which, according to Recital 12 in the preamble to Regulation No 1347/2000, are based on the rule that there must be a real link between the party concerned and the Member State exercising jurisdiction.
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