29It is apparent from the wording of Article 3 of Regulation No 4/2009, entitled ‘General provisions’, that that article lays down general criteria for attributing jurisdiction for the purposes of the courts of the Member States ruling on maintenance obligations. Those criteria are alternative, as is attested to by the use of the coordinating conjunction ‘or’ after each of them (see, to that effect, judgment of 16 July 2015, A, C‑184/14, EU:C:2015:479, paragraph 34).
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