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Member State/third country bilateral agreements: applicable law in contractual and non-contractual obligations for sectoral matters

2008/0259(COD)·6th term·JURI / LIBE·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·Completed
Subjects: Judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): ZWIEFKA Tadeusz (PPE-DE)
Summary

This proposal concerns Member State and third-country bilateral agreements on applicable law in contractual and non-contractual obligations for sectoral matters. Amendments define the scope to cover bilateral and closed regional agreements falling within Regulations (EC) No 593/2008 and 864/2007, and set out how the Commission assesses and authorises Member States to negotiate, including a Community-interest test, a denunciation clause, and the exclusion of Denmark.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    12 Mar 2009 – 3 Apr 2009
  2. Procedure completed
36
Amendments
distinct, in window
5
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committees
12 Mar 2009 – 3 Apr 2009
Dates

Official amendment documents

PE421.304 ↗PE421.441 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

5 Members · by amendment count
1
Tadeusz ZWIEFKA
Tadeusz ZWIEFKA
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇵🇱 Poland
23(23 solo)
2
Gérard DEPREZ
Gérard DEPREZ
ALDE · 🇧🇪 Belgium
6(6 solo)
3
Manfred WEBER
Manfred WEBER
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
3(3 solo)
4
Jean-Paul GAUZÈS
Jean-Paul GAUZÈS
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇷 France
3(3 solo)
5
Michael CASHMAN
Michael CASHMAN
Socialists & Democrats · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1(1 solo)

The amendments, in full text

36 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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