Questão jurídica principal
Whether § 15.4 of the contractor's terms created jurisdiction in Zurich under Art. 5(1)(b) LugÜ.
Decisão extraída
No. The clause did not create jurisdiction because it was an abstract place-of-performance clause lacking connection to the actual performance reality, and it impermissibly split the place of performance for payment from that of the characteristic performance.
Fundamentação extraída
The characteristic performance was manufacturing and assembling racks, which occurred in Germany and Austria, not Switzerland. Under Art. 5(1)(b) LugÜ, only a place of performance tied to the contractual reality and, as to the characteristic obligation, to the actual performance location can ground jurisdiction.