19It should also be borne in mind that the terms ‘matters relating to a contract’ and ‘matters relating to tort, delict or quasi-delict’, within the meaning, respectively, of Article 5(1)(a) and (3) of the Brussels I Regulation, must be interpreted autonomously, by reference principally to the regulation’s scheme and objectives, in order to ensure that the regulation is applied uniformly in all the Member States. They cannot therefore be taken to refer to how the legal relationship in question before the national court is classified by the applicable national law (judgment of 13 March 2014 in Brogsitter, C‑548/12, EU:C:2014:148, paragraph 18).
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