7Exception for overriding EU or international obligations
(1)Nothing in this Act applies to a foreign judgment or an arbitration award of a kind required by European Union law, or by an international obligation of the United Kingdom, to be enforced in full even in cases where such enforcement is contrary to the public policy of the United Kingdom.
(2)Accordingly, this Act does not apply to—
(a)a foreign judgment that is certified as a European Enforcement Order (within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No. 805/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council),
(b)a foreign judgment that is an enforceable European Order for Payment (within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No. 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council), or
(c)an award to which section 1 of the Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act 1966 applies (awards made under the Convention on the settlement of investment disputes between States and nationals of other States).
(3)“Foreign judgment” has the meaning given by section 5(5).