19It is the Court’s settled case-law that the concept of ‘matters relating to tort, delict or quasi-delict’ covers all actions which seek to establish the liability of a defendant and do not concern ‘matters relating to a contract’ within the meaning of Article 5(1)(a) of Regulation No 44/2001 (judgments of 27 September 1988, Kalfelis, 189/87, EU:C:1988:459, paragraphs 17 and 18; of 13 March 2014, Brogsitter, C‑548/12, EU:C:2014:148, paragraph 20; of 21 April 2016, Austro-Mechana, C‑572/14, EU:C:2016:286, paragraph 32, and of 16 June 2016, Universal Music International Holding, C‑12/15, EU:C:2016:449, paragraph 24).
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