49In order to answer those questions, it must be recalled, first, that, according to settled case-law, the rule establishing special jurisdiction laid down, by way of derogation from the principle that jurisdiction lies with the courts of the defendant’s place of domicile, in Article 5(3) of Regulation No 44/2001 is based on the existence of a particularly close connecting factor between the dispute and the courts of the place where the harmful event occurred, which justifies the attribution of jurisdiction to those courts for reasons relating to the sound administration of justice and the efficacious conduct of proceedings (see, to that effect, eDate Advertising and Martinez, paragraph 40, and Case C-133/11 Folien Fischer and Fofitec [2012] ECR, paragraph 37 and the case-law cited).
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