GREEN LIGHT FOR EC SIGNATURE OF HAGUE CONVENTION ON CHOICE-OF-COURT AGREEMENTS

The JHA Council has recently adopted the Council decision (proposed last September) on the signing on behalf of the EC of this 2005 Convention, ensuring that choice-of-court agreements included in international trading contracts entered into by EU companies are respected; and judgments issued by the courts designated in such agreements, are eligible for recognition in the other States party to the Convention.