39On the other hand, in the case of provisions, such as Article 31 of the CMR, which already bound the Member States when Regulation No 44/2001 entered into force, Article 71 of that regulation reflects the same system as Article 57 of the Brussels Convention and is couched in almost identical terms. Consequently, account is to be taken of interpretation already provided by the Court in the context of the Brussels Convention.
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