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Procedure ° Action brought before the Court under an arbitration clause ° Jurisdiction of the Court defined exclusively by Article 181 of the Treaty and the arbitration clause ° Provisions of national law on jurisdiction not applicable

(EEC Treaty, Art. 181)

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While, under an arbitration clause entered into pursuant to Article 181 of the EEC Treaty, the Court may be called on to decide a dispute on the basis of the national law governing the contract, its jurisdiction to determine a dispute concerning that contract falls to be determined solely with regard to Article 181 of the EEC Treaty and the terms of the arbitration clause, and this cannot be affected by provisions of national law which allegedly exclude its jurisdiction.