Brussels I bis

Article 63

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1. For the purposes of this Regulation, a company or other legal person or association of natural or legal persons is domiciled at the place where it has its:

2. For the purposes of Ireland, Cyprus and the United Kingdom, 'statutory seat' means the registered office or, where there is no such office anywhere, the place of incorporation or, where there is no such place anywhere, the place under the law of which the formation took place.

3. In order to determine whether a trust is domiciled in the Member State whose courts are seised of the matter, the court shall apply its rules of private international law.

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C-821/2114 Sept 2023

NM v Club La Costa (UK) plc and Others

Determining the domicile of the "other party to a contract" under Article 63(1) and (2), for the purposes of Article 18(1), does not limit the consumer's choice under Article 18(1). The clarifications in Article 63(2) concerning "statutory seat" are autonomous definitions.