Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements Enters

Abstract

On 1 October 2015, the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements (the ‘Convention’) entered into force, following the European Union’s approval of the Convention on 11 June 2015. The Convention is now in force between all EU Member States (except Denmark) and Mexico, which acceded to the Convention in 2007.This marks the culmination of more than twenty years of research, drafting and negotiation conducted under the auspices of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.