I henhold til Domstolens udtalelse var den i konventionen fast satte "fordelagtige værnetingsregel" forbeholdt "købere, som har behov for beskyttelse, idet deres økonomiske stilling er kendetegnet ved deres svaghed i forhold til sælgerne, fordi de er private endelige forbrugere, og købet af varen mod ratebetaling ikke stari forbindelse med en forretnings- eller erhvervsvirksomhed".
In the Court's words the 'jurisdictional advantage' given by the Convention was 'to buyers who are in need of protection, their economic position being one of weakness in comparison with sellers by reason of the fact that they are private final consumers and are not engaged, when buying the product acquired on instalment credit terms, in trade or professional activities'.