26Since the wording of Article 5(1) of the Convention of 27 September 1968 on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ 1978 L 304, p. 36) corresponds to that of Article 7(1) of Regulation No 1215/2012, as pointed out in paragraph 19 of this judgment, the interpretation given by the Court of the first of those provisions also applies to the second. Accordingly, the Court has previously held that obligations relating to the payment of a sum of money which have their basis in the relationship between an association and its members by virtue of membership must be regarded as ‘matters relating to a contract’ within the meaning of that provision, on the ground that membership of an association creates between the members close links of the same kind as those which are created between the parties to a contract (judgments of 22 March 1983, Peters Bauunternehmung, 34/82, EU:C:1983:87, paragraphs 13 and 15; of 10 March 1992, Powell Duffryn, C‑214/89, EU:C:1992:115, paragraph 15, and of 20 January 2005, Engler, C‑27/02, EU:C:2005:33, paragraph 47).
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