24Similarly, it is settled case-law of the Court on the Brussels Convention, which can be applied to Regulation No 44/2001, that, in so far as they introduce an exception to the general rules of jurisdiction set out in that regulation and, in particular to the rule set out in Article 2(1) of that regulation, according to which, subject to the regulation, persons domiciled in a Member State shall be sued in the courts of that Member State, the provisions of Article 22(1) of Regulation No 44/2001 must not be given an interpretation broader than is required by their objective. These provisions have the effect of depriving the parties of the choice of forum which would otherwise be theirs and, in certain cases, of resulting in their being brought before a court which is not that of the domicile of any of them (see, by analogy, judgment in ČEZ, C‑343/04, EU:C:2006:330, paragraphs 26 and 27 and the case-law cited).
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