47As regards the requirements to be met during the proceedings, it must be borne in mind that all the provisions of Regulation No 44/2001 express the intention to ensure that, within the scope of the objectives of that regulation, proceedings leading to the delivery of judicial decisions take place in such a way that the rights of the defence are observed (see Case 125/79Denilauler [1980] ECR 1553, paragraph 13, and Case C-394/07Gambazzi [2009] ECR I-2563, paragraph 23).