Brussels Convention

Article 56

Untitled

The Treaty and the conventions referred to in Article 55 shall continue to have effect in relation to matters to which this Convention does not apply.

They shall continue to have effect in respect of judgments given and documents formally drawn up or registered as authentic instruments before the entry into force of this Convention.

Holdings

C-9/7714 Jul 1977

Bavaria Fluggesellschaft Schwabe & Co. KG and Germanair Bedarfsluftfahrt GmbH & Co. KG v Eurocontrol

The first paragraph of Article 56 does not prevent a bilateral agreement listed in Article 55, such as the German-Belgian Convention, from continuing to apply to judgments that do not fall under the second paragraph of Article 1 but to which the Brussels Convention nevertheless does not apply.