22The Court also noted that, as inter alia recital 7 in the preamble to Regulation No 44/2001 states, the intention on the part of the EU legislature was to provide for a broad definition of the concept of ‘civil and commercial matters’ referred to in Article 1(1) of that regulation and, consequently, to provide that the article should be broad in its scope. By contrast, the scope of application of Regulation No 1346/2000, in accordance with recital 6 in the preamble thereto, should not be broadly interpreted (judgment in German Graphics Graphische Maschinen, C‑292/08, EU:C:2009:544, paragraphs 23 to 25).
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