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Where jurisdiction is based on Article 4 or on Articles 7, 8 or 9 and proceedings are pending before a court of a third State at the time when a court in a Member State is seised of an action involving the same cause of action and between the same parties as the proceedings in the court of the third State, the court of the Member State may stay the proceedings if: it is expected that the court of the third State will give a judgment capable of recognition and, where applicable, of enforcement in that Member State; and the court of the Member State is satisfied that a stay is necessary for the proper administration of justice.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-31 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.