Brexit Y Régimen De Ley Aplicable a Las Obligaciones Contractuales Y No Contractuales (Brexit and the Law Applicable to Contractual and Non-Contractual Obligations)

Anuario Español de Derecho internacional privado (2017) XVII, 125-154

21 Pages Posted: 8 Feb 2018

Date Written: October 19, 2017

Abstract

Spanish Abstract: La llegada de Brexit representa una amenaza para la estabilidad del régimen de cooperación jurídica internacional en materia civil y mercantil vigente en la Unión. Esta incertidumbre, sin embargo, parace tener alcance limitado en materia de ley aplicable a las obligaciones contractuales y extracontractuales debido a la posibilidad de adoptar de forma unilateral el régimen universal previsto en los instrumentos europeos que lo regulan. Este artículo estudia las implicaciones que para el Reino Unido produce la "nacionalización" de los Reglamentos Roma I y Roma II mediante la European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. Aunque aparentemente sencillo, este proceso genera cuestiones y lagunas que requieren respuesta para mantener la operabilidad del sistema de ley aplicable. Por esta razón, el artículo también explora la posibilidad de que el Reino Unido concluya un convenio internacional en la materia con la Unión Europea. Para ello conviene evaluar el estatus del Convenio de Roma de 1980 post-Brexit y el rol que el Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión tendría en ese hipotético convenio.

English Abstract: The arrival of Brexit represents a general threat for the stability of the system of international judicial cooperation in civil and judicial matters that exists across the European Union. This uncertainty, however, is substantially limited in questions of applicable law to contractual and non-contractual obligations due to the possibility to create unilateral and universal instruments to regulate them. On this basis, this paper studies the implications of the United Kingdom’s decision to nationalize the Rome I and Rome II Regulations through the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. While apparently simple, this solution requires the introduction of multiple amendments to the text of both Regulations and raises numerous doubts concerning their operability. For this reason, it is also appropriate to explore the possibility that the United Kingdom and the European Union conclude an international agreement on international judicial cooperation, including matters of applicable law. To this end, it is first necessary to evaluate the status of the 1980 Rome Convention after Brexit and, fundamentally, the role that this agreement could grant to the Court of Justice of the European Union.

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Suggested Citation

Penades, Manuel, Brexit Y Régimen De Ley Aplicable a Las Obligaciones Contractuales Y No Contractuales (Brexit and the Law Applicable to Contractual and Non-Contractual Obligations) (October 19, 2017). Anuario Español de Derecho internacional privado (2017) XVII, 125-154, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3105553

Manuel Penades (Contact Author)

King's College London ( email )

Strand, Somerset Hous
The Dickson Poon School of Law King's College Lond
London, WC2R 2LS
United Kingdom

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