33On this point, it is true that, while the aim of Article 15(1)(c) of the Brussels I Regulation is to protect consumers, that does not imply that that protection is absolute (see Pammer and Hotel Alpenhof, paragraph 70). Moreover, the need for the consumer contracts to be concluded at a distance is mentioned in the joint statement and in recital 24 in the preamble to the Rome I Regulation, which cites the joint statement.
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