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An 27 Meán Fómhair 1968, rinne Ballstáit na gComhphobal Eorpach a bhí ann ag an am, ag gníomhú dóibh faoi Airteagal 220, an ceathrú fleasc, den Chonradh ag bunú Chomhphobal Eacnamaíochta na hEorpa, Coinbhinsiún na Bruiséile ar Dhlínse agus Forghníomhú Breithiúnas in Ábhair Shibhialta agus Tráchtála, arna leasú ina dhiaidh sin le coinbhinsiúin maidir le haontachas don Choinbhinsiún sin ag Ballstáit nua ("Coinbhinsiún na Bruiséile 1968") [5] a thabhairt i gcrích.
On 27 September 1968, the then Member States of the European Communities, acting under Article 220, fourth indent, of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, concluded the Brussels Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, subsequently amended by conventions on the accession to that Convention of new Member States [5] ("the 1968 Brussels Convention").