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Ministry of Justice

Guidance on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II)

Date: 06 March 2009

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A guide to the main provisions in the European Community regulation on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II), which came into force on 11 January 2009.


The Rome II regulation will enable national courts within the member states to apply a single set of rules to select the national laws that are appropriate to determine international cases that have a cross-border dimension.