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1 . CONVENTION OF 27 SEPTEMBER 1968 ON JURISDICTION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS - FIELD OF APPLICATION - EMPLOYMENT LAW - INCLUSION

( CONVENTION OF 27 SEPTEMBER 1968 , ART.1 )

2 . CONVENTION OF 27 SEPTEMBER 1968 ON JURISDICTION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS - OBJECT - PRECEDENCE OVER NATIONAL LAWS

3 . CONVENTION OF 27 SEPTEMBER 1968 ON JURISDICTION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS - JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED AFTER THE COMING INTO FORCE OF THE CONVENTION - PRIOR CLAUSES CONFERRING JURISDICTION WHICH ACCORDING TO NATIONAL RULES IN FORCE AT THE TIME OF AGREEMENT WERE VOID - VALIDITY

( CONVENTION OF 27 SEPTEMBER 1968 , ARTS . 17 AND 54 )

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1 . EMPLOYMENT LAW COMES WITHIN THE SUBSTANTIVE FIELD OF APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON JURISDICTION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS SIGNED AT BRUSSELS ON 27 SEPTEMBER 1968 .

2 . AS THE BRUSSELS CONVENTION SEEKS TO DETERMINE THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE CONTRACTING STATES IN THE INTRA-COMMUNITY LEGAL ORDER IN REGARD TO MATTERS OF CIVIL JURISDICTION , THE NATIONAL PROCEDURAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO THE CASES CONCERNED ARE SET ASIDE IN THE MATTERS GOVERNED BY THE CONVENTION IN FAVOUR OF THE PROVISIONS THEREOF .

3 . ARTICLES 17 AND 54 OF THE BRUSSELS CONVENTION MUST BE INTERPRETED TO MEAN THAT , IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED AFTER THE COMING INTO FORCE OF THE CONVENTION , CLAUSES CONFERRING JURISDICTION INCLUDED IN CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT CONCLUDED PRIOR TO THAT DATE MUST BE CONSIDERED VALID EVEN IN CASES IN WHICH THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN REGARDED AS VOID UNDER THE NATIONAL LAW IN FORCE AT THE TIME WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS ENTERED INTO .