Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Article 25 U.K. Relationship with existing international conventions

1. This Regulation shall not prejudice the application of international conventions to which [F1 the United Kingdom was a party] at the time when this Regulation [F2 was adopted] and which lay down conflict-of-law rules relating to contractual obligations.

2. However, this Regulation shall, as between [F3 relevant states], take precedence over conventions concluded exclusively between two or more of them in so far as such conventions concern matters governed by this Regulation.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 25(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834), regs. 1, 10(11)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in Art. 25(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834), regs. 1, 10(11)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Words in Art. 25(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834), regs. 1, 10(11)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)