35That provision is designed to protect the interests of spouses and is consonant with the objective pursued by Regulation No 2201/2003, which established flexible conflict of law rules to reflect the mobility of individuals and to protect the rights of a spouse who has left the Member State of common habitual residence, while ensuring there is a genuine link between the party concerned and the Member State exercising jurisdiction (see, to that effect, judgment of 13 October 2016, Mikołajczyk, C‑294/15, EU:C:2016:772, paragraphs 49 and 50 and the case-law cited).
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