# Rome I Regulation – Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 URL: https://consilena.com/coverage/laws/stat_eu_32008r0593 - Jurisdiction: European Union - Type: Regulation - Short name: Rome I - Identifier: 32008R0593 - Current as of: 24 July 2008 - Provisions: 29 - Official text: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02008R0593-20080724 - Licence: [Commission Decision 2011/833/EU](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec/2011/833/oj) - Attribution: Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu. Reuse authorised under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; only the Official Journal text is authentic. > The library is a research copy. Check the official source before relying on a provision: the text published there, not the copy in Consilena, is the law. ## Provisions ### Chapter I – Scope - **Art. 1 Material scope**: 1. This Regulation shall apply, in situations involving a conflict of laws, to contractual obligations in civil and commercial matters. It shall not apply, in… - **Art. 2 Universal application**: Any law specified by this Regulation shall be applied whether or not it is the law of a Member State. ### Chapter II – Uniform rules - **Art. 3 Freedom of choice**: 1. A contract shall be governed by the law chosen by the parties. The choice shall be made expressly or clearly demonstrated by the terms of the contract or… - **Art. 4 Applicable law in the absence of choice**: 1. To the extent that the law applicable to the contract has not been chosen in accordance with Article 3 and without prejudice to Articles 5 to 8, the law… - **Art. 5 Contracts of carriage**: 1. To the extent that the law applicable to a contract for the carriage of goods has not been chosen in accordance with Article 3, the law applicable shall be… - **Art. 6 Consumer contracts**: 1. Without prejudice to Articles 5 and 7, a contract concluded by a natural person for a purpose which can be regarded as being outside his trade or profession… - **Art. 7 Insurance contracts**: 1. This Article shall apply to contracts referred to in paragraph 2, whether or not the risk covered is situated in a Member State, and to all other insurance… - **Art. 8 Individual employment contracts**: 1. An individual employment contract shall be governed by the law chosen by the parties in accordance with Article 3. Such a choice of law may not, however… - **Art. 9 Overriding mandatory provisions**: 1. Overriding mandatory provisions are provisions the respect for which is regarded as crucial by a country for safeguarding its public interests, such as its… - **Art. 10 Consent and material validity**: 1. The existence and validity of a contract, or of any term of a contract, shall be determined by the law which would govern it under this Regulation if the… - **Art. 11 Formal validity**: 1. A contract concluded between persons who, or whose agents, are in the same country at the time of its conclusion is formally valid if it satisfies the… - **Art. 12 Scope of the law applicable**: 1. The law applicable to a contract by virtue of this Regulation shall govern in particular: (a) interpretation; (b) performance; (c) within the limits of the… - **Art. 13 Incapacity**: In a contract concluded between persons who are in the same country, a natural person who would have capacity under the law of that country may invoke his… - **Art. 14 Voluntary assignment and contractual subrogation**: 1. The relationship between assignor and assignee under a voluntary assignment or contractual subrogation of a claim against another person (the debtor) shall… - **Art. 15 Legal subrogation**: Where a person (the creditor) has a contractual claim against another (the debtor) and a third person has a duty to satisfy the creditor, or has in fact… - **Art. 16 Multiple liability**: If a creditor has a claim against several debtors who are liable for the same claim, and one of the debtors has already satisfied the claim in whole or in… - **Art. 17 Set-off**: Where the right to set-off is not agreed by the parties, set-off shall be governed by the law applicable to the claim against which the right to set-off is… - **Art. 18 Burden of proof**: 1. The law governing a contractual obligation under this Regulation shall apply to the extent that, in matters of contractual obligations, it contains rules… ### Chapter III – Other provisions - **Art. 19 Habitual residence**: 1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the habitual residence of companies and other bodies, corporate or unincorporated, shall be the place of central… - **Art. 20 Exclusion of renvoi**: The application of the law of any country specified by this Regulation means the application of the rules of law in force in that country other than its rules… - **Art. 21 Public policy of the forum**: The application of a provision of the law of any country specified by this Regulation may be refused only if such application is manifestly incompatible with… - **Art. 22 States with more than one legal system**: 1. Where a State comprises several territorial units, each of which has its own rules of law in respect of contractual obligations, each territorial unit shall… - **Art. 23 Relationship with other provisions of Community law**: With the exception of Article 7, this Regulation shall not prejudice the application of provisions of Community law which, in relation to particular matters… - **Art. 24 Relationship with the Rome Convention**: 1. This Regulation shall replace the Rome Convention in the Member States, except as regards the territories of the Member States which fall within the… - **Art. 25 Relationship with existing international conventions**: 1. This Regulation shall not prejudice the application of international conventions to which one or more Member States are parties at the time when this… - **Art. 26 List of Conventions**: 1. By 17 June 2009, Member States shall notify the Commission of the conventions referred to in Article 25(1). After that date, Member States shall notify the… - **Art. 27 Review clause**: 1. By 17 June 2013, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee a report on the… - **Art. 28 Application in time**: This Regulation shall apply to contracts concluded as from 17 December 2009. ### Chapter IV – Final provisions - **Art. 29 Entry into force and application**: This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 17 December… --- Consilena is a software provider, not a law firm. AI output is not legal advice: consult a licensed lawyer in the relevant jurisdiction. Page: https://consilena.com/coverage/laws/stat_eu_32008r0593. Index of every page: https://consilena.com/llms.txt.