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EU Private International Law
ELGAR EUROPEAN LAW
Founding editor: John Usher, formerly Professor of European Law and Head, School of
Law, , UK
European integration is the driving force behind constant evolution and change in the laws of
the member states and the institutions of the European Union. This important series will offer
short, state-of-the-art overviews of many specific areas of EU law, from competition law to
consumer law and from environmental law to labour law. Whilst most books will take a
thematic, vertical approach, others will offer a more horizontal approach and consider the
overarching themes of EU law.
Distilled from rigorous substantive analysis, and written by some of the best names in the
field, as well as the new generation of scholars, these books are designed both to guide the
reader through the changing legislation itself, and to provide a firm theoretical foundation for
advanced study. They will be an invaluable source of reference for scholars and postgraduate
students in the fields of EU law and European integration, as well as lawyers from the respec-
tive individual fields and policymakers within the EU.
Titles in the series include:
Peter Stone
Professor, School of Law, University of Essex, UK
Edward Elgar
Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA
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PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Introduction 3
12 Contracts 287
13 Protected contracts 346
14 Torts 369
15 Restitution 411
PART V INSOLVENCY
19 Insolvency 509
Index 537
v
Preface
The European Union legislation in the sphere of private international law has undergone
considerable development since the publication of the first edition of this work in 2006.
The case-law on existing EU measures (the Brussels I Regulation on civil jurisdiction and
judgments; the Rome Convention 1980 on the law applicable to contractual obligations;
the Brussels IIA Regulation on matrimonial matters and parental responsibility; and the
Regulation on insolvency proceedings) has continued to expand, and several new EU
regulations have been adopted. Thus choice of law in respect of civil obligations is now
governed by the Rome I Regulation on contractual obligations, and by the Rome II
Regulation on non-contractual obligations. In the sphere of family law, a Regulation on
jurisdiction, choice of law and judgments in respect of maintenance obligations has been
adopted and will become applicable in 2011. The European Union has become a member
of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, and is in the process of giving
effect, in relation to external countries, to the Hague Convention 1996 on parental respon-
sibility and child protection, and to the Hague Convention 2005 on choice of court agree-
ments. With regard to the EFTA countries, a revised Lugano Convention on civil
jurisdiction and judgments has been concluded by the European Union and brought into
operation in relation to Norway. Consideration has also begun of a proposal for an EU
regulation dealing with succession on death.
In general, the present author continues to welcome the harmonisation of private inter-
national law at European Union level. Since private international law seeks to co-ordinate
the operation of private law in the interests of justice and certainty for persons involved
in transnational activities or relationships, and the achievements of these goals can be
obstructed by divergencies between the rules adopted in different countries, the establish-
ment of a harmonised system of private international law, operative throughout most of
Europe, seems an appropriate activity for the EU institutions. Thus the recent willingness
of British governments to give way to pressure from certain commercial interests and their
level advisers, and accordingly to play an obstructive role in relation to this harmonisation
project, seems entirely regrettable.
On the other hand, there are features of the current approach adopted by the European
institutions in this sphere which appear to merit fundamental reconsideration. In particu-
lar, the enthusiasm of the EU Commission to eliminate the need, in the context of the
enforcement of one Member State of a judgment given in another Member State, for an
enforcement order made by a court of the State of enforcement, seems unjustified and,
indeed, dangerous. Apart from the practical difficulties which may arise, the idea of auto-
matic enforceability gives far too little consideration to the need to ensure that (at least)
private individuals and small businesses receive a minimum of essential procedural
protection from the courts of the country in which they reside or are based. Even the
suppression of jurisdictional review in the State addressed goes beyond what has been
found acceptable between sister States in the United States of America, and has obvious
vi
Preface vii
dangers, especially in relation to proceedings brought in bad faith. There is a real risk that
excessive enthusiasm for ‘the free movement of judgments’ may eventually discredit the
whole process of harmonisation in this sphere.
In general the manuscript of this work was completed in January 2010. But major
developments (such as rulings given by the European Court) up to September 2010 have
been incorporated.
Peter Stone
Colchester
England
PART I
Introduction
1. Introduction
1 On 3rd April 2007, the European Community became a member of the Hague Conference on
Private International Law, by accession pursuant to EC Council Decision 2006/719, [2006] OJ L297/1.
See pp. 13–14 et seq. below.
3
4 EU private international law
(a) the mutual recognition and enforcement between Member States of judgments and of
decisions in extrajudicial cases;
(b) the cross-border service of judicial and extrajudicial documents;
(c) the compatibility of the rules applicable in the Member States concerning conflict of
laws and of jurisdiction;
(d) co-operation in the taking of evidence;
(e) effective access to justice;
(f) the elimination of obstacles to the proper functioning of civil proceedings, if necessary
by promoting the compatibility of the rules on civil procedure applicable in the Member
States;
(g) the development of alternative methods of dispute settlement; and
(h) support for the training of the judiciary and judicial staff.
Thus it seems clear that all aspects of private international law may be subjected to harmon-
isation by measures adopted under Title V.
Article 81(2) also specifies that measures under Article 81 are to be adopted by the
Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure.4
But an exception is made by Article 81(3) in respect of measures concerning family law with
cross-border implications. Measures on family law are to be established by the Council,
acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure, under which the Council will act
unanimously after consulting the European Parliament.5
The power of the European Court to give preliminary rulings on the validity or interpreta-
tion of acts of the European institutions at the request of national courts, now conferred by
Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, now has full application
to measures adopted under Article 81 of that Treaty or under its predecessor, Articles 61(c)
and 65 of the EC Treaty. Prior to the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, Article 68 of
the EC Treaty enabled preliminary rulings on the interpretation of measures adopted under
Title IV thereof to be requested only by national courts of last resort, but this restriction has
now been eliminated by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Thus a refer-
ence for the interpretation of a provision of, for example, the Brussels I Regulation may now
be made by any court of a Member State, whether the referring court is a court of first
instance, a court of intermediate appeal, or a court of final appeal.6
By Protocol 21 to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the
European Union, as amended by the Treaty of Lisbon, measures adopted under Title V of Part
III of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply to the United Kingdom or
Ireland only if they elect to participate in the adoption of, or after its adoption to accept, the
measure in question. By Protocol 22, as so amended, measures adopted under Title V do not
apply to Denmark, unless and until it elects wholly or partly to abandon this opt-out. These
provisions conferring options on the relevant Member States resemble those formerly made
by Article 69 of the EC Treaty, along with associated Protocols, in relation to measures
adopted under Title IV of that Treaty. But Protocol 22 now enables Denmark to substitute a
regime giving it an option in relation to each individual measure, similar to that enjoyed by
the United Kingdom and Ireland.
So far Ireland has chosen to participate in the adoption of all of the measures which have
been adopted under Title IV of the EC Treaty in the sphere of private international law, and
with one exception7 the United Kingdom has chosen either to participate in the adoption of,
or after adoption to accept, all of these measures. Accordingly, almost all of the existing
measures in this sphere are applicable to the United Kingdom and to Ireland. But these
measures have not become applicable to Denmark except where a special agreement on their
extension to Denmark has been concluded between the European Community and Denmark.
5 Article 81(3) also permits the Council to adopt a decision transferring aspects of family law with
cross-border implications to the ordinary legislative procedure. Such a decision may be adopted by the
Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European
Parliament. But the proposal must also be notified to the national Parliaments, and if a national Parliament
makes known its opposition within six months of the notification, the decision cannot be adopted.
6 In principle, a national court of last resort has an obligation to refer relevant questions, but this
is subject to the limited exception relating to clear and obvious points admitted by the European Court
in Case 283/81: CILFIT v Ministry of Health [1982] ECR 3415. For a sound application of the acte clair
principle in the sphere of private international law, see T v L [2008] IESC 48 (Irish Supreme Court). For
a rejection of a reference by a lower court, relating to the Brussels I Regulation, as inadmissible under
Article 68 of the EC Treaty, see Case C-278/09: Martinez v MGN, 20th November 2009.
7 The exception relates to EC Council Decision 2009/941, on the Hague Protocol 2007 on the
Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations.
6 EU private international law
Before 1999, measures designed to secure the harmonisation of conflict rules at EC level
had taken the form of conventions, signed and ratified by the Member States. Conventions in
this sphere could be concluded on the basis of Article 220 of the EEC Treaty, or its succes-
sor, Article 293 of the EC Treaty, which required the Member States, so far as is necessary,
to enter into negotiations with each other with a view to securing for the benefit of their
nationals (inter alia) the simplification of formalities governing the reciprocal recognition and
enforcement of judgments of courts or tribunals and of arbitration awards. Conventions could
also be based on a voluntary choice by the Member States to go beyond the requirements of
that provision. After the entry into force of the Treaty of Maastricht on European Union, such
conventions could also be drawn up by the Council, and recommended to the Member States
for adoption in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements, on the basis of
Title VI (Article K) of that Treaty, which dealt with co-operation in the fields of justice and
home affairs, including judicial co-operation in civil matters. After the entry into force of the
Treaty of Amsterdam, Title VI of the Treaty of Maastricht ceased to be available; and after
the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, Article 293 of the EC Treaty has also ceased to
be available. Thus future measures at European level within the sphere of private interna-
tional law must now be based on Article 81 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union.
The measures of European harmonisation of conflict rules, currently adopted or proposed,
may be classified under five headings: civil jurisdiction and judgments; the law applicable to
civil obligations; family matters; insolvency; and procedural co-operation.
The most important Community instrument in the sphere of private international law is
Regulation 44/2001 on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in
Civil and Commercial Matters, which is commonly referred to as the Brussels I Regulation.8
The Regulation was adopted by the EC Council on 22nd December 2000. It entered into force
on 1st March 2002 for the fourteen then existing Member States other than Denmark; on 1st
May 2004 for the ten then acceding Member States;9 on 1st January 2007 for Bulgaria and
Romania;10 and on 1st July 2007 for Denmark.11 It has replaced the Brussels Convention of
27th September 1968 on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and
Commercial Matters, which is commonly referred to as the Brussels Convention.12
8 For its text, see [2001] OJ L12/1. The Brussels I Regulation is examined in Chapters 2–11 and
18 of the present work.
9 See the Athens Act of Accession 2003, Article 2. For minor adjustments, see its Annex II, Part
18(A)(3).
10 See the Luxembourg Act of Accession 2005, Articles 2 and 56; [2005] OJ L157.
11 See the Agreement between the European Community and Denmark, approved by EC Council
Decisions 2005/790 and 2006/325; [2005] OJ L299/61 and [2006] OJ L120/22.
12 For the latest version of its text, see [1998] OJ C27/1. The Convention was based on Article
220 of the EEC Treaty.
Introduction 7
The Regulation lays down rules on direct jurisdiction, applicable by the court seised of the
original action in determining its own jurisdiction, as well as rules on the recognition and
enforcement of judgments given in other States to which the Regulation applies. It applies to
most types of civil matter. But certain matters (such as most family matters; and insolvency
proceedings) are excluded from its scope.
On 21st April 2009, the EC Commission issued a Report on the Application of the
Brussels I Regulation,13 together with a Green Paper on the Review of the Regulation.14
These documents launched a consultation, designed to lead eventually to a proposal for the
amendment of the Regulation.
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