欧共体国际私法的最新发展——关于合同之债准据法的《罗马Ⅰ规则》评析

The Most Recent Developments in Private International Law of the European Community:Analysis of the Rome I Regulation on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations

本文通过评析2008年通过的关于合同之债准据法的《罗马Ⅰ规则》的主要内容,探讨欧共体国际私法的最新发展,指出《罗马Ⅰ规则》的可取之处主要在于增加了在确定合同之债准据法方面的安定性和可预见性,并在立法技术上顺应了当代国际私法的发展趋势。对于正在进行的中国国际私法典编纂而言,《罗马Ⅰ规则》在关于合同事项的冲突规则方面可资借鉴。

This article presents the most recent developments in private international law of the European Community through commentary and analysis of the main contents of the Rome I Regulation on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations which was adopted in 2008. It points out that the Rome I Regulation has increased the legal certainty and predictability in determining the law applicable to contractual obligations, and has followed the trend of development of contemporary private international law with respect to legislative techniques. A comparative observation has also been made concerning the conflict rules on the law applicable to contracts in the present statutory law of China. Rome I Regulation may serve as a useful example in improving the conflict rules in contractual matters with regard to the legislative techniques in China and is of reference value to the ongoing codification of Chinese private international law.