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Whereas a Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations (“the Rome Convention”)^f1 was opened for signature on 19th June 1980 and signed by Her Majesty’s Government on 7th December 1981:

And whereas a Convention on the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Rome Convention (“the Luxembourg Convention”)^f2 was signed by Her Majesty’s Government on 10th April 1984:

And whereas a Protocol on the Interpretation of the Rome Convention by the Court of Justice of the European Communities (“the Brussels Protocol ”)^f3 was signed by Her Majesty’s Government on 19th December 1988:

And whereas the Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990^f4 gave the force of law to the Rome Convention and the Luxembourg Convention and to the Brussels Protocol in the United Kingdom:

And whereas by section 4(1) of that Act, if at any time it appears to Her Majesty in Council that Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom have agreed to a revision of any of these Conventions, including, in particular, any revision connected with the accession to the Rome Convention of any state, Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such consequential modifications of that Act as Her Majesty considers appropriate:

And whereas a Convention on the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the Rome Convention^f5 was signed on 29th November 1996, and in consequence Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom have agreed to a revision of the Rome Convention:

And whereas each House of Parliament has by a resolution approved a draft of this Order: