A Member State shall treat any violation of an oath by a witness or expert in the same manner as if the offence had been committed before one of its courts with jurisdiction in civil proceedings.

If citizens of the Republic of Slovenia may be sued before a court of a foreign state that would not have territorial jurisdiction over the concerned civil case pursuant to provisions the present Act, the same rules on jurisdiction shall apply to actions against citizens of that same foreign state brought before the courts of the Republic of Slovenia.

The national courts of the Member States competent to deal with disputes involving Europol's liability as referred to in this Article shall be determined by reference to the relevant provisions of the Brussels Convention of 27 September 1968 on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, as later amended by Accession Agreements.

REFERRING to Article 17 of the Convention on the service in the Member States of the European Union of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters, which provides that the Court of Justice of the European Communities shall have jurisdiction to give rulings on the interpretation of that Convention,

In accordance with Article 17 of the Convention on the service in the Member States of the European Union of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters, hereinafter referred to as 'the Convention', the Court of Justice of the European Communities shall have jurisdiction, under the conditions laid down in this Protocol, to give rulings on the interpretation of the Convention and this Protocol.

The provisions of paragraph (1) shall apply to the references for a preliminary ruling provided for in the Protocol concerning the interpretation by the Court of Justice of the Convention of 29 February 1968 on the mutual recognition of companies and legal persons and the Protocol concerning the interpretation by the Court of Justice of the Convention of 27 September 1968 on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, signed at Luxembourg on 3 June 1971, and to the references provided for by Article 4 of the latter Protocol.

In addition to clause 9 of this Agreement the Parties agree that for purpose of Article 1 of the Protocol annexed to the Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgements in Civil and Commercial Matters, signed in Brussels on 27 September 1998 and without prejudice to the foregoing execution of this Agreement by the parties hereto, (Luxembourg Counterparty) expressly and specifically confirms its agreement to the provisions of clause 9 of this Agreement, stipulating that the District Court (Landgericht) of Frankfurt am Main shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any suit, action or proceeding, and to settle any disputes, which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement and, for such purposes, irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts.

Moreover, this Directive, and in particular its provisions relating to information about any contractual clause on law applicable to the contract and/or on the competent court does not affect the applicability to the distance marketing of consumer financial services of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgements in civil and commercial matters(5) or of the 1980 Rome Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations.