126 (3) and 127 of the code of civil procedure (Wetboek van Burgerlijke Rechtsvordering).
 Article 4
 If the defendant is not domiciled in a Contracting State, the jurisdiction of the courts of each Contracting State shall, subject to the provisions of Article 16, be determined by the law of that State.
 As against such a defendant, any person domiciled in a Contracting State may, whatever his nationality, avail himself in that State of the rules of jurisdiction there in force, and in particular those specified in the second paragraph of Article 3, in the same way as the nationals of that State.
 Section 2
 Special jurisdiction
 Article 5
 A person domiciled in a Contracting State may, in another Contracting State, be sued:
 1.
 in matters relating to a contract, in the courts for the place of performance of the obligation in question;
 2.
 in matters relating to maintenance, in the courts for the place where the maintenance creditor is domiciled or habitually resident;
 3.
 in matters relating to tort, delict or quasi-delict, in the courts for the place where the harmful event occurred;
 4.
 as regards a civil claim for damages or restitution which is based on an act giving rise to criminal proceedings, in the court seised of those proceedings, to the extent that that court has jurisdiction under its own law to entertain civil proceedings;
 5.
 as regards a dispute arising out of the operations of a branch, agency or other establishment, in the courts for the place in which the branch, agency or other establishment is situated.
 Article 6
 A person domiciled in a Contracting State may also be sued:
 1.
 where he is one of a number of defendants, in the courts for the place where any one of them is domiciled;
 2.
 as a third party in an action on a warranty or guarantee or in any other third party proceedings, in the court seised of the original proceedings, unless these were instituted solely with the object of removing him from the jurisdiction of the court which would be competent in his case;
 3.
 on a counterclaim arising from the same contract or facts on which the original claim was based, in the court in which the original claim is pending.
 Section 3
 Jurisdiction in matters relating to insurance
 Article 7
 In matters relating to insurance, jurisdiction shall be determined by this Section, without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 4 and 5 (5).
 Article 8
 An insurer domiciled in a Contracting State may be sued, either in the courts of that State, or in another Contracting State in the courts for the place where the policy-holder is domiciled, or, if two or more insurers are the defendants, in the courts of the Contracting State where any one of them is domiciled.
 An insurer may also, if there is provision for such jurisdiction in the law of the court seised of the matter, be sued in a Contracting State other than that of his domicile