exception bill

class legislation

Emergency Provisions Act

Territorial Lands Act Exclusion Order

gold-circle rate | red-circle rate | red circle rate

exception clause | exceptional clause

disability exception

applicable exception system | directly applicable exception system

Thus the future Rome I instrument could take as a starting point the preliminary draft proposal for a Council Regulation on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II), the exception clause in Article 3(3) of which introduces two new conditions in relation to the Rome Convention: it is required that there be "a substantially closer connection [between the tortious/delictual act and] another country" and also that "there is no significant connection between the non-contractual obligation and the country whose law would be the applicable law under paragraphs 1 and 2".

International public policy: // After having determined the law applicable to a given legal situation in accordance with its conflict rules, the court may consider that the application of this law entails a result not compatible with the values of the forum. Accordingly, it rules out the normally applicable foreign law and applies its own law.

20. Recalls that the Icesave dispute remains unresolved at this stage; stresses that the Icesave issue must be resolved outside the accession negotiations and must not be an obstacle in the way of Iceland’s accession process; takes note of EFTA’s Surveillance Authority decision to refer the ‘Icesave’ case to the EEA Court and of the ruling of the Icelandic Supreme Court upholding the Emergency Act of 6 October 2008; appreciates the continuous commitment of the Icelandic authorities to resolve this dispute and welcomes the first partial payments to priority creditors in the winding-up of Landsbanki Íslands hf, estimated to be close to ...[+++]one-third of the recognised priority claims;

21. Recalls that the Icesave dispute remains unresolved at this stage; stresses that the Icesave issue must be resolved outside the accession negotiations and must not be an obstacle in the way of Iceland's accession process; takes note of EFTA's Surveillance Authority decision to refer the ‘Icesave’ case to the EEA Court and of the ruling of the Icelandic Supreme Court upholding the Emergency Act of 6 October 2008; appreciates the continuous commitment of the Icelandic authorities to resolve this dispute and welcomes the first partial payments to priority creditors in the winding-up of Landsbanki Íslands hf, estimated to be close to ...[+++]one-third of the recognised priority claims;