Enforcement of International Contracts in the European Union: Convergence and Divergence Between Brussels I and Rome I

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Intersentia nv, 2004 - 387 pages
The enforcement of international contracts in the European Union is increasingly dependent on Community (rather than national) private international law. This book examines the present status and future prospects of Community private international law in the contractual area. It focuses in particular upon the joint analysis of the Rome Convention of 19 June 1980 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (which is likely to be converted in the near future into the Rome I-regulation) and the Brussels I-regulation. Rather than attempting a comprehensive study of Brussels I and Rome I, this book examines a number of key issues considered particularly pertinent from the point of view of the coherence between both instruments. This approach should contribute to the consistency of Community policy-making and legislation in the field of international contracts, to the benefit of market participants. This book is the culmination of a research project funded by the European Commission (DG Justice and Home Affairs, Framework programme for judicial co-operation in civil matters) and co-ordinated by the University of Antwerp Belgium. Eminent European experts have contributed to the book which should prove of interest to law makers, academics and practitioners concerned with the enforcement of contracts in a cross-border context.
 

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Contents

GENERAL REPORT
1
Substantive scope of application of Brussels I
7
Consumer and insurance contracts
13
Questions relating to assignment and subrogation
20
Le champ dapplication ratione materiae
21
Le champ dapplication ratione loci de Bruxelles I
27
A Les obligations contractuelles
28
Contrats de consommation et dassurance
34
Arbitration clauses
201
Conclusions
209
Contracts regulating property regime between
216
Concluding remarks
222
B The Brussels Convention
229
Four Community law criteria for the coordination
235
The companys domicile as general criterion
241
A Article 22 2 of the Brussels Iregulation
243

Questions relatives à la cession de créance et
42
The Community legislator failed to make the com
50
The draft Constitutional Treaty brings substantial
56
Mutual recognition has become the lead principle
58
Regulations must be preferred to directives
66
The Community legislator can contribute in different
73
The relationship between EC substantive law
82
Party autonomy
90
Some general conflictsoflaws issues in the EC system
97
THE EFFECT OF THE ADOPTION OF BRUSSELS I
99
The conclusion of international treaties with
107
Bilateral conventions
116
Final considerations
123
A Applicabilité dans lespace de règles matérielles
129
A Applicabilité des règles sur la circulation des marchandises
135
Conclusion intermédiaire
145
B Applicabilité de Bruxelles I relativement à lacquis
160
Conclusion
172
Contractual obligations for the purposes
180
A Precontractual obligations
186
Jurisdiction clauses
194
E The nonarbitrability of the matters falling within
249
AUTONOMIE DE LA VOLONTÉ ET PRINCIPE
255
Le recours au principe de proximité
261
CONSUMER CONTRACTS AND INSURANCE
269
B Evaluation of the present art 5 The bargaining
275
A Need for a coherent set of rules
289
THE CONSUMER CONCEPT IN EC
295
B Consumer concept in the caselaw of the Court of Justice
302
B Current developments in European consumer policy
311
Parallel application of the consumer concept?
320
LABORUM DULCE LENIMEN? JURISDICTION
323
Habitual employment in more than one country
330
Nonmandatory mandatory and supermandatory
336
adequate and fair legal protection
342
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Terminology
344
assertion
352
B Effects of the restrictions
359
B Subrogation and recognition of a foreign judgment
370
The need for a uniform rule and
377
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