Key legal question
Whether the Dutch judgment was enforceable in Switzerland under the Lugano Convention despite the debtor's jurisdictional objection.
Extracted holding
The Dutch court's jurisdiction in the main proceedings was sufficiently based on the parties' exclusive forum clause under Art. 17 LugÜ; therefore the judgment could be recognized and enforced in Switzerland.
Extracted reasoning
The Swiss court read the Dutch judgment as relying on the forum selection clause, not on mere submission. Once main-action jurisdiction under Art. 17 LugÜ existed, the court competent for the merits was also competent to order provisional relief, so the enforcement objection failed.