In order to ensure that no jurisdictional conflicts arise, the Regulation employs a lis pendens provision based on the strict application of the prior temporis formula. This means that the court second seised will stay its proceedings until the jurisdiction of the court first seised is established. Article 11 provides certainty but also restricts flexibility. Article 7 states that the grounds of jurisdiction in Articles 2-6 are exclusive, however, Article 8 provides that member states may have recourse to their residual grounds of jurisdiction whenever no court of a Member State has jurisdiction under Articles 2-6.
