Whereas, for the purposes of achieving the objectives of the Union, the Member States regard the laying down of rules on jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments in proceedings relating to divorce, legal separation and marriage annulment, and those relating to parental responsibility over the children of both spouses on the occasion of matrimonial proceedings, as matters of common interest falling within the scope of judicial cooperation in civil matters provided for in Title VI of the Treaty;
ker z namenom doseganja ciljev Unije države članice štejejo določitev pravil o sodni pristojnosti, priznavanju in izvrševanju sodb v postopkih, ki se nanašajo na razvezo zakonske zveze, ločitev in razveljavitev zakonske zveze, in pravil, ki se nanašajo na starševsko odgovornost do otrok obeh zakoncev v primeru zakonskih postopkov, kot zadevo skupnega interesa, ki sodi v obseg dejavnosti pravosodnega sodelovanja v civilnih zadevah, kot predvideva naslov VI Pogodbe;