40As to the second criterion, namely the remuneration provided as consideration for an activity, it must be pointed out that it cannot be understood in the strict sense of the payment of a sum of money. Such a restriction is neither required by the very general wording of the second indent of Article 5(1)(b) of the Brussels I Regulation nor consistent with the objectives of proximity and uniformity pursued by that provision (judgment of 19 December 2013 in Corman-Collins, C‑9/12, EU:C:2013:860, paragraph 39).
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