Judgment_paragraph 42 · AB ‘flyLAL-Lithunian Airlines’ v Starptautiskā lidosta ‘Rīga’ VAS and ‘Air Baltic Corporation’ AS (C-27/17)

42In addition, given that there are a number of defendants in the main proceedings, it should be pointed out that that ground of jurisdiction is also applicable where a number of perpetrators are alleged to have caused the damage, since Article 5(3) of Regulation No 44/2001 allows a court’s jurisdiction over all alleged perpetrators to be established on the basis of the place where the alleged damage occurred, provided that the damage occurred within the jurisdiction of the court seised (see, to that effect, judgment of 3 April 2014, Hi Hotel HCF, C‑387/12, EU:C:2014:215, paragraph 40).