Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations
Treaty data
Treaty number
000651
Date of conclusion
19-06-1980
Place of conclusion
Rome
Provisional application
Entry into force
01-04-1991
Retroactive effect
Termination
Treaty Series
Parliamentary paper
Approval act
1991, 53
Consolidated text
0003771
Comment
Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the law
applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I) was adopted on 17 June 2008 in Strasbourg.
In accordance with article 24 and article 29, the Regulation replaces the present
Convention in the Member States as of 17 December 2009, except in respect of the territories
of the Member States which fall within the territorial scope of that Convention and
to which this Regulation does not apply in accordance with article 355 (new) of the
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. As far as the Kingdom of the Netherlands
is concerned, the Convention has been terminated for the Netherlands (the European
part) on 17 December 2009. The Convention remains applicable to the Netherlands (the
Caribbean Part), Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Koninkrijksdeel
Provisional
Entry into force
Retroactive effect
Termination
Netherlands (in Europe)
01-09-1991
Netherlands (Bonaire)
10-10-2010
Netherlands (Sint Eustatius)
10-10-2010
Netherlands (Saba)
10-10-2010
Aruba
01-08-1993
Curaçao
10-10-2010
Sint Maarten
10-10-2010
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Party
Signature
RatificationTooltip S=Signature without reservation or requirement of ratification R=Ratification, Acceptance,
Approval or Notification A=Accession Su=Succession NK=Not Known
Entry into force
Renunciation
Termination
Belgium
19-06-1980
31-07-1987 (R)
01-04-1991
Bulgaria
08-11-2007 (A)
15-01-2008
Denmark
10-03-1981
07-01-1986 (R)
01-04-1991
France
19-06-1980
10-11-1983 (R)
01-04-1991
Germany 19-06-1980
08-01-1987 (R)
01-04-1991
Ireland 19-06-1980
29-10-1991 (R)
01-01-1992
Italy 19-06-1980
25-06-1985 (R)
01-04-1991
Luxembourg 19-06-1980
01-10-1986 (R)
01-04-1991
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the 19-06-1980
21-06-1991 (R)
01-09-1991
Romania
08-11-2007 (A)
15-01-2008
United Kingdom 07-12-1981
29-01-1991 (R)
01-04-1991
Extensions
Denmark
Extended to
Entry into force
Termination
Faroes
01-09-1986
United Kingdom
Extended to
Entry into force
Termination
Gibraltar
18-07-1994
Child treaties
Title
Date of conclusion
Place of conclusion
Convention on the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Convention on the Law
applicable to Contractual Obligations 10-04-1984
Luxemburg
First Protocol on the Interpretation by the Court of Justice of the European Communities
of the Convention of the Law applicable to Contractual Obligations, opened for signature
in Rome on 19 June 1980 19-12-1988
Brussel
Second Protocol conferring on the Court of Justice of the European Communities certain
powers to interpret the Convention on the Law applicable to contractual obligations,
opened for signature in Rome on 19 June 1980 19-12-1988
Brussel
Convention on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to
the Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations, opened for signature
in Rome on 19 June 1980 18-05-1992
Funchal
Convention on the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and
the Kingdom of Sweden to the Convention on the Law applicable to Contractual Obligations,
opened for signature in Rome on 19 June 1980, and to the First and Second Protocols
on its interpretation by the Court of Justice 29-11-1996
Brussel
Convention on the Accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic
of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary,
the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak
Republic to the Convention on the Law applicable to Contractual Obligations, opened
for signature in Rome on 19 June 1980, and to the First and Second Protocols on its
interpretation by the Court of Justice of the European Communities 14-04-2005
Luxemburg
Council Decision of 8 November 2007 concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria
and of Romania to the Convention on the Law applicable to Contractual Obligations,
opened for signature in Rome on 19 June 1980 08-11-2007
Brussel
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