In 1997, the Council instructed an ad hoc working party to undertake work on the parallel revision of the Brussels and Lugano conventions, with th
e aim to revise the provisions on jurisdiction in the li
ght of the European Court of Justice's case-law, of the evolutions in trade activity and of the development of new forms of commerce, on the one hand, and to improve the recognition and enforcement procedure, on the other hand. The Commission contributed to that work by submitting to the Council a proposal for a convention to replace th
...[+++]e Brussels Convention and by conveying the comments received from outside on its proposal.