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The High Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Considering that the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in becoming members of the Community, undertook to accede to the Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters and to the Protocol on the interpretation of that Convention by the Court of Justice, and to this end undertook to enter into negotiations with the original Member States of the Community in order to make the necessary adjustments thereto,

Have decided to conclude this Convention and to this end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries:

His Majesty the King of the Belgians:

Renaat van Elslande,

Minister for Justice;

Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark:

Nathalie Lind

Minister for Justice;

The President of the Federal Republic of Germany:

Dr Hans-Jochen Vogel,

Federal Minister for Justice;

The President of the French Republic:

Alain Peyrefitte,

Keeper of the Seals,

Minister for Justice;

The President of Ireland:

Gerard Collins,

Minister for Justice;

The President of the Italian Republic:

Paolo Bonifacio,

Minister for Justice;

His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxembourg:

Robert Krieps,

Minister of Education and Justice;

Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands:

Prof. Mr J. de Ruiter,

Minister for Justice;

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:

The Right Honourable the Lord Elwyn-Jones, C.H.,

Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain;

Who, meeting within the Council, having exchanged their Full Powers, found in good and due form,

Have agreed as follows: