Judgment_paragraph 27 · AB ‘flyLAL-Lithunian Airlines’ v Starptautiskā lidosta ‘Rīga’ VAS and ‘Air Baltic Corporation’ AS (C-27/17)

27According to settled case-law, the rules of special jurisdiction laid down in Article 5(3) and (5) of that regulation are based on the existence of a particularly close linking factor between the dispute and the courts that may be called upon to hear and determine the case, which justifies the attribution of jurisdiction to those courts for reasons relating to the sound administration of justice and the efficacious conduct of proceedings (see, to that effect, with regard to operations of a branch, judgments of 22 November 1978, Somafer, 33/78, EU:C:1978:205, paragraph 7, and of 6 April 1995, Lloyd’s Register of Shipping, C‑439/93, EU:C:1995:104, paragraph 21; and, with regard to tortious liability, judgments of 16 June 2016, Universal Music International Holding, C‑12/15, EU:C:2016:449, paragraph 26, and of 17 October 2017, Bolagsupplysningen and Ilsjan, C‑194/16, EU:C:2017:766, paragraph 26).