25According to the case-law relating to Article 18 of the Convention of 27 September 1968 on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (OJ 1978 L 304, p. 36), a provision essentially identical to Article 24 of Regulation No 44/2001, in the situations which are not expressly included in the exceptions provided for in the second sentence of Article 18, the general rule on the tacit prorogation of jurisdiction applies. Ruling in proceedings where the parties had concluded an agreement on jurisdiction, the Court stated that neither the general scheme nor the objectives of that convention provide grounds for the view that the parties are prevented from submitting their dispute to a court other than that stipulated in the agreement (see Case 150/80 Elefanten Schuh [1981] ECR 1671, paragraph 10, and Case 48/84 Spitzley [1985] ECR 787, paragraphs 24 and 25).
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