42In order for Article 6.1 of Regulation No 44/2001 to apply, it is necessary to ascertain whether, between various claims brought by the same plaintiff against different defendants, there is a connection of such a kind that it is expedient to determine those actions together in order to avoid the risk of irreconcilable judgments resulting from separate proceedings (see Case C-98/06 Freeport [2007] ECR I-8319, paragraph 39 and the case-law cited).
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