Lag 1998:167. Om tillämplig lag för avtalsförpliktelser

Departement/myndighet: Justitiedepartementet L2

Rubrik: Lag (1998:167) om tillämplig lag för avtalsförpliktelser

Utfärdad: 1998-03-26

Ändring införd: t.o.m. # 2006:218

Artiklarna 1-16 och 18-21 i konventionen den 19 juni 1980 om tillämplig lag för avtalsförpliktelser (Romkonventionen) samt artiklarna 1-4 i det första protokollet om Europeiska gemenskapernas domstols tolkning av konventionen skall gälla som lag här i landet med de anpassningar och ändringar som har gjorts genom tillträdeskonventionerna den 10 april 1984, den 18

maj 1992, den 29 november 1996 och den 14 april 2005.

De danska, engelska, estniska, finska, franska, grekiska, iriska, italienska, lettiska, litauiska, maltesiska, nederländska, polska, portugisiska, slovakiska, slovenska, spanska, svenska, tjeckiska, tyska och ungerska texterna av

Romkonventionen och protokollet skall ha lika giltighet.

Romkonventionens och protokollets svenska, engelska och franska texter finns intagna som en bilaga till denna lag.

Lag (2005:1257).

Övergångsbestämmelser

1998:167

Denna lag träder i kraft, i fråga om Romkonventionen den 1 juli

1998 och i fråga om protokollet den dag regeringen bestämmer.

Lagen skall såvitt den avser Romkonventionen inte tillämpas på

avtal som har ingåtts före den 1 juli 1998.

2004:650

Regeringen föreskriver att lagen (1998:167) om tillämplig lag för avtalsförpliktelser, i fråga om Romkonventionens protokoll, skall träda i kraft den 1 augusti 2004.

CONVENTION ON THE LAW APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

opened for signature in Rome on 19 June 1980 (80/934/EEC)

PREAMBLE

THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES to the Treaty establishing the

European Economic Community,

ANXIOUS to continue in the field of private international law the work of unification of law which has already been done within the Community, in particular in the field of jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments,

WISHING to establish uniform rules concerning the law applicable to contractual obligations,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

TITLE I

SCOPE OF THE CONVENTION

Article 1

Scope of the Convention

1. The rules of this Convention shall apply to contractual obligations in any situation involving a choice between the laws of different countries.

2. They shall not apply to:

(a) questions involving the status or legal capacity of natural persons, without prejudice to Article 11;

(b) contractual obligations relating to:

- wills and succession,

- rights in property arising out of a matrimonial relationship,

- rights and duties arising out of a family relationship, parentage, marriage or affinity, including maintenance obligations in respect of children who are not legitimate;

(c) obligations arising under bills of exchange, cheques and promissory notes and other negotiable instruments to the extent that the obligations under such other negotiable instruments arise out of their negotiable character;

(d) arbitration agreements and agreements on the choice of court;

(e) questions governed by the law of companies and other bodies corporate or unincorporate such as the creation, by registration or otherwise, legal capacity, internal organization or winding up of companies and other bodies corporate or unincorporate and the personal liability of officers and members as such for the obligations of the company or body;

(f) the question whether an agent is able to bind a principal, or an organ to bind a company or body corporate or unincorporate, to a third party;

g) the constitution of trusts and the relationship between settlors, trustees and beneficiaries;

h) evidence and procedure, without prejudice to Article 14.

3. The rules of this Convention do not apply to contracts of insurance which cover risks situated in the territories of the

Member States of the European Economic Community. In order to determine whether a risk is situated in these territories the court shall apply its internal law.

4. The preceding paragraph does not apply to contracts of reinsurance.

Article 2

Application of law of non-contracting States

Any law specified by this Convention shall be applied whether or not it is the law of a Contracting State.

TITLE II

UNIFORM RULES

Article 3

Freedom of choice

1. A contract shall be governed by the law chosen by the parties. The choice must be expressed or demonstrated with reasonable certainty by the terms of the contract or the circumstances of the case. By their choice the parties can select the law applicable to the whole or a part only of the contract.

2. The parties may at any time agree to subject the contract to a law other than that which previously governed it, whether as a result of an earlier choice under this Article or of other provisions of this Convention. Any variation by the parties of the law to be applied made after the conclusion of the contract shall not prejudice its formal validity under Article 9 or adversely affect the rights of third parties.

3. The fact that the parties have chosen a foreign law, whether or not accompanied by the choice of a foreign ...

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