Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990

Title III E+W+S+N.I. Final Provisions

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Commencement Information

I1 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

Article 23 E+W+S+N.I.

1 If, after the date on which this Convention has entered into force for a Contracting State, that State wishes to adopt any new choice of law rule in regard to any particular category of contract within the scope of this Convention, it shall communicate its intention to the other signatory States through the Secretary–General of the Council of the European Communities. E+W+S+N.I.

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Commencement Information

I2 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

2 Any signatory State may, within six months from the date of the communication made to the Secretary–General, request him to arrange consultations between signatory States in order to reach agreement. E+W+S+N.I.

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Commencement Information

I3 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

3 If no signatory State has requested consultations within this period or if within two years following the communication made to the Secretary–General no agreement is reached in the course of consultations, the Contracting State concerned may amend its law in the manner indicated. The measures taken by that State shall be brought to the knowledge of the other signatory States through the Secretary–General of the Council of the European Communities. E+W+S+N.I.

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Commencement Information

I4 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

Article 24 E+W+S+N.I.

1 If, after the date on which this Convention has entered into force with respect to a Contracting State, that State wishes to become a party to a multilateral convention whose principal aim or one of whose principal aims is to lay down rules of private international law concerning any of the matters governed by this Convention, the procedure set out in Article 23 shall apply. However, the period of two years, referred to in paragraph 3 of that Article, shall be reduced to one year. E+W+S+N.I.

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Commencement Information

I5 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

2 The procedure referred to in the preceding paragraph need not be followed if a Contracting State or one of the European Communities is already a party to the multilateral convention, or if its object is to revise a convention to which the State concerned is already a party, or if it is a convention concluded within the framework of the Treaties establishing the European Communities. E+W+S+N.I.

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Commencement Information

I6 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

Article 25 E+W+S+N.I.

If a Contracting State considers that the unification achieved by this Convention is prejudiced by the conclusion of agreements not covered by Article 24(1), that State may request the Secretary–General of the Council of the European Communities to arrange consultations between the signatory States of this Convention.

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Commencement Information

I7 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

Article 26 E+W+S+N.I.

Any Contracting State may request the revision of this Convention. In this event a revision conference shall be convened by the President of the Council of the European Communities.

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Commencement Information

I8 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

F1 Article 27 E+W+S+N.I.

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Amendments (Textual)

F1 Sch. 1 Art. 27 deleted (1.12.1997) by virtue of S.I. 1994/1900, art.7; (convention in force in respect of U.K. on 1.12.1997; see London Gazette 22.10.1997).

Article 28 E+W+S+N.I.

1 This Convention shall be open from 19 June 1980 for signature by the States party to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community. E+W+S+N.I.

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Commencement Information

I9 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

2 This Convention shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by the signatory States. The instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Secretary–General of the Council of the European Communities. E+W+S+N.I.

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Commencement Information

I10 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

Article 29 E+W+S+N.I.

1 This Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the third month following the deposit of the seventh instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval. E+W+S+N.I.

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Commencement Information

I11 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

2 This Convention shall enter into force for each signatory State ratifying, accepting or approving at a later date on the first day of the third month following the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval. E+W+S+N.I.

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Commencement Information

I12 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

Article 30 E+W+S+N.I.

1 This Convention shall remain in force for 10 years from the date of its entry into force in accordance with Article 29(1), even for States for which it enters into force at a later date. E+W+S+N.I.

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Commencement Information

I13 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

2 If there has been no denunciation it shall be renewed tacitly every five years. E+W+S+N.I.

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Commencement Information

I14 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art.2

3 A Contracting State which wishes to denounce shall, not less than six months before the expiration of the period of 10 or five years, as the case may be, give notice to the Secretary–General of the Council of the European Communities. F2 . . .. E+W+S+N.I.

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Amendments (Textual)

F2 Words in Sch. 1 Art. 30 para. 3 deleted (1.12.1997) by virtue of 1994/1900, art.7; (convention in force in respect of U.K. on 1.12.1997; see London Gazette 22.10.1997).

Commencement Information

I15 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

4 The denunciation shall have effect only in relation to the State which has notified it. The Convention will remain in force as between all other Contracting States. E+W+S+N.I.

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Commencement Information

I16 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

Article 31 E+W+S+N.I.

The Secretary–General of the Council of the European Communities shall notify the States party to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community of:

(a) the signatures;

(b) the deposit of each instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval;

(c) the date of entry into force of this Convention;

(d) communications made in pursuance of Articles 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 30;

(e) the reservations and withdrawals of reservations referred to in Article 22.

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Commencement Information

I17 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

Article 32 E+W+S+N.I.

The Protocol annexed to this Convention shall form an integral part thereof.

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Commencement Information

I18 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

Article 33 E+W+S+N.I.

This Convention, drawn up in a single original in the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Irish and Italian languages, these texts being equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the Secretariat of the Council of the European Communities. The Secretary–General shall transmit a certified copy thereof to the Government of each signatory State.

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Commencement Information

I19 Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

[F3 PROTOCOL E+W+S+N.I.

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Amendments (Textual)

F3 Sch. 1: protocol substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2000/1825, art. 5

The High Contracting Parties have agreed upon the following provision which shall be annexed to the Convention:

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Convention, Denmark, Sweden and Finland may retain national provisions concerning the law applicable to questions relating to the carriage of goods by sea and may amend such provisions without following the procedure provided for in Article 23 of the Convention of Rome. The national provisions applicable in this respect are the following:

– in Denmark, paragraphs 252 and 321(3) and (4) of the “Sølov” (maritime law);

– in Sweden, Chapter 13, Article 2(1) and (2), and Chapter 14, Article 1(3), of “sjölagen” (maritime law);

– in Finland, Chapter 13, Article 2(1) and (2), and Chapter 14, Article 1(3) of “merilaki”/ “sjölagen” (maritime law).]