Conciliation agreement on Rome II – law on non-contractual obligations

After almost four years of negotiations, the European Parliament and Council of the European Union representatives struck a deal on the 15 May 2007 on the regulation on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations, known as Rome II. The Conciliation Committee agreed to introduce rules on road traffic accidents and environmental damages and delete the controversial provision on defamation by media.

European Commission: Press Release: IP/07/679: European Union brings in harmonised rules on law applicable to civil liability ("Rome II" Regulation) http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/679&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Parliament: OEIL: Judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters: cross-border disputes, non-contractual obligations, Rome II http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?lang=en&reference=2003/0168(COD)

Council of the European Union: Press Release: PRES/07/111 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/misc/94136.pdf

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