35Such an interpretation of Article 3(1) of Regulation No 1896/2006 is also, in principle, used to establish the cross-border nature, and, accordingly, the international element, of a dispute for the purposes of applying Regulation No 1215/2012. Since both of those regulations come within the field of judicial cooperation in civil matters having cross-border implications, the interpretation of equivalent concepts used by the EU legislature in them should be harmonised.
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