Legal dispute

International sources

Draft Hague Principles on the choice of law in international contracts, concluded 16 November 2012

Hague Convention on Choice of court agreements, concluded June 2005

Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents, concluded 5 October 1961

European sources

Regulations

Regulation (UE) n° 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters

Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (service of documents), and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000

Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters

Council Regulation (EC) No 1206/2001 of 28 May 2001 on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters

Conventions

Convention of 30 October 2007 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial

Convention of 27 September 1968 on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters

National sources

French Law

Art. 42 to 48 of the Code of civil procedure

German Law

§§ 12 to 40 of the German Code of civil procedure (ZPO) 

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