83In that regard, the Court has held that the concept of ‘matters relating to tort, delict or quasi-delict’ within the meaning of Article 7(2) of Regulation No 1215/2012 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 7(1)(a) of that regulation, in that they are actions not based on a legal obligation freely consented to by one person towards another (judgment of 24 November 2020, Wikingerhof, C‑59/19, EU:C:2020:950, paragraph 23 and the case-law cited).
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