Judgement of the Court; 15 January 1987; in Case 266/85; Hassan Shenavai, Rockenhausen (Federal Republic of Germany), and Klaus Kreischer, Geleen (Netherlands)

For the purposes of determining the place of performance within the meaning of Article 5 (1) of the Convention of 27 September 1968 on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, the obligation to be taken into consideration in a dispute concerning proceedings for the recovery of fees commenced by an architect commissioned to draw up plans for the building of houses is the contractual obligation which forms the actual basis of legal proceedings.