European Union Regulations concerning the breach and cancellation of contracts

Abstract

This article intends to analyze in European Private International Law how Regulation (EU) n° 1215/2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (recast), very often called Brussels I bis Regulation, determines which Court of a Member State of the European Union may have jurisdiction for the resolution of disputes concerning a breach or cancellation of a contract. But it also describes afterwards how Regulation (EC) n° 593/2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations, called Rome I Regulation, decides on the law applicable to such disputes.