The European Group for Private International Law suggested Article 4 (3) should contain a specific rule on short-term holiday tenancy, along the lines of the second subparagraph of Article 22 of the Brussels I Regulation. The wording could be the following: "However, contracts which have as their object tenancies of immovable property concluded for a temporary private use for a maximum period of six consecutive months will be governed by the laws of the country in which the lessor is domiciled, provided that the tenant is a natural person and that the landlord and the tenant are domiciled in the same country".

So it's very surprising that our government would continue to try to redefine something so fundamental as spouse and family, disregarding private international law or traditions there, which were recognized in terms of adoption but not in terms of a spouse, isolating Canada regarding UN declarations and covenants, which strongly support the family; disregarding traditional English and Canadian common law, as well as European law and European conventions recognizing the basic importance of the family; disregardin ...[+++]g the beliefs and the values of all major religions adhered to by many people who come to Canada and form our multicultural nation; and totally disregarding the Constitution Act of 1987 and the bill of rights, which included protection for the family—this was changed with the charter of rights, but the bill of rights specifically mentioned the family.

Born 1971; degrees in law from the University of Silesia and the College of Europe, Bruges; Doctor of Law (2000); habilitated Doctor in Legal Science (2009); Professor of Law (2013); Visiting Scholar at Jesus College, Cambridge (1998), the University of Liège (1999) and the European University Institute, Florence (2003); lawyer (2001-08), member of the Committee for Private International Law of the Civil Law Codification Commission under the Ministry of Justice (2001-08); member of the Board of Trustees of ...[+++]the Academy of European Law, Trier (from 2008); member of the Research Group on Existing EC Private Law (‘Acquis Group’) (from 2006); Undersecretary of State in the Office of the Committee for European Integration (2008-09), then in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2010-13); Vice-Chairman of the Scientific Board of the Institute of Justice; Agent of the Polish Government in a large number of cases before the European Union judicature; Head of the Polish delegation at the negotiations on the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union; member of the editorial board of a number of legal journals; author of numerous publications in the fields of European law and private international law; Advocate General at the Court of Justice since 23 October 2013.

Born in 1955; graduate in law (University of Thessaloniki, 1977); special diploma in European law (Institute for European Studies, Free University of Brussels, 1980); doctorate in law (University of Thessaloniki, 1984); lawyer linguist at the Council of the European Communities (1980 to 1982); researcher at the Thessaloniki Centre for International and European Economic Law (1982 to 1984); Administrator at the Court of Justice of the European Communities and at the Commission of the European Communities (1986 to 1990); professo ...[+++]r of Community law, international private law and human rights at Athens Panteion University (since 1990); external consultant for European matters at the Ministry of Justice and member of the Permanent Committee of the Lugano Convention (1991 to 2004); member of the national Postal and Telecommunications Commission (2000 to 2002); member of the Thessaloniki Bar, lawyer to the Court of Cassation; founder member of the Union of European Lawyers (UAE); associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law.

This remains important, as any decision to have a contract governed by European contract law would have to be made in conformity with the norms of private international law.

Canada, in collaboration with the Hague Conference on Private International Law, hosted a meeting of experts in e-com and private international law in March 2000 in Ottawa.