Rome I Regulation

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Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I)

 

Preamble

 

Chapter I - Scope

 

Article 1 - Material Scope

 

Article 2 - Universal application

 

Chapter II - Uniform rules

 

Article 3 - Freedom of choice

 

Article 4 - Applicable law in the absence of choice

 

Article 5 - Contracts of carriage

 

Article 6 - Consumer contracts

 

Article 7 - Insurance contracts

 

Article 8 - Individual employment contracts 

 

Article 9 - Overriding mandatory provisions

 

Article 10 - Consent and material validity

 

Article 11 - Formal validity

 

Article 12 - Scope of the law applicable

 

Article 13 - Incapacity

 

Article 14 - Voluntary assignment and contractual subrogation

 

Article 15 - Legal subrogation

 

Article 16 - Multiple liability

 

Article 17 - Set-off

 

Article 18 - Burden of proof

 

Chapter III - Other provisions

 

Article 19 - Habitual residence

 

Article 20 - Exclusion of renvoi

 

Article 21 - Public policy of the forum

 

Article 22 - States with more than one legal system

 

Article 23 - Relationship with other provisions of Community law

 

Article 24 - Relationship with the Rome Convention 

 

Article 25 - Relationship with existing international conventions

 

Article 26 - List of Conventions

 

Article 27 - Review clause

 

Article 28 - Application in time

 

Chapter IV - Final provisions 

 

Article 29 - Entry into force and application

 

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Text in force at 01-01-2020. The text can be verified at EUR-lex. Titles of articles have been added for convenience, but are lacking in the official text, IP-PorTal.