Judgment_paragraph 30 · WV v Landkreis Harburg (C-540/19)

30Article 3 of Regulation No 4/2009 offers a maintenance creditor, when he or she acts as the applicant, the possibility of bringing his or her claim relating to a maintenance obligation under various bases of jurisdiction which include, inter alia, before the court for the place where the defendant is habitually resident, in accordance with point (a) of Article 3, and before the court for the place where the creditor is habitually resident, in accordance with point (b) of that article (see, to that effect, judgment of 5 September 2019, R (Jurisdiction for parental responsibility and maintenance), C‑468/18, EU:C:2019:666, paragraphs 30 and 31).