Judgment_paragraph 20 · Marc Brogsitter v Fabrication de Montres Normandes EURL and Karsten Fräßdorf (C-548/12)

20In that regard, it is apparent from settled case-law that the concept of ‘matters relating to tort, delict or quasi-delict’ within the meaning of Article 5(3) of Regulation No 44/2001 covers all actions which seek to establish the liability of a defendant and which do not concern ‘matters relating to a contract’ within the meaning of Article 5(1)(a) of the regulation (see to that effect, inter alia, Case 189/87 Kalfelis [1988] ECR 5565, paragraph 17).