37It is nevertheless essential, for that provision to apply, to identify an obligation, since the jurisdiction of the national court under that provision is determined by the place of performance of the obligation in question. Thus, the application of that rule presupposes the establishment of a legal obligation freely consented to by one person towards another and on which the claimant’s action is based (judgment of 5 December 2019, Ordre des avocats du barreau de Dinant, C‑421/18, EU:C:2019:1053, paragraph 26 and the case-law cited).
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