Judgment_paragraph 34 · Cartier parfums — lunettes SAS and Axa Corporate Solutions assurances SA v Ziegler France SA and Others (C-1/13)

34In the first place, as regards the overall scheme of Regulation No 44/2001, it must be recalled that the first sentence of Article 24 of Regulation No 44/2001 provides for a rule of jurisdiction based on the entering of an appearance by the defendant in respect of all disputes where the jurisdiction of the court seised is not derived from other provisions of that regulation. That provision applies also in cases where the court has been seised in breach of the provisions of that regulation and implies that the entering of an appearance by the defendant may be considered to be a tacit acceptance of the jurisdiction of the court seised and thus a prorogation of that court’s jurisdiction (Case C-111/09 ČPP Vienna Insurance Group [2010] ECR I-4545, paragraph 21).