Judgment of the Court; 6 July 1988; R. O. E. Scherrens v M. G. Maenhout and others; Netherlands, in Case 158/87

Article 16 ( 1 ) of the Convention of 27 September 1968 on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters must be interpreted as meaning that, in a dispute as to the existence of a lease relating to immovable property situated in two contracting States, exclusive jurisdiction over the immovable property situated in each contracting State is held by the courts of that State .