23In order to answer the question raised by the referring court, it must be recalled, first, that, according to settled case-law, the rule of special jurisdiction laid down by point 2 of Article 7 of Regulation No 1215/2012, which allows the applicant, by way of derogation from the general rule that jurisdiction lies with the courts of the defendant’s place of domicile set out in Article 4 of that regulation, to bring his action in matters relating to tort, delict or quasi-delict in the courts for the place where the harmful event occurred or may occur, must be interpreted independently and strictly (see, to that effect, judgment of 10 March 2022, BMA Nederland, C‑498/20, EU:C:2022:173, paragraph 28 and the case-law cited).