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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-864/article-15",
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  "legislation": "eur/2007/864",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-864",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Scope of the law applicable",
  "text": "The law applicable to non-contractual obligations under this Regulation shall govern in particular:\n(a) the basis and extent of liability, including the determination of persons who may be held liable for acts performed by them;\n(b) the grounds for exemption from liability, any limitation of liability and any division of liability;\n(c) the existence, the nature and the assessment of damage or the remedy claimed;\n(d) within the limits of powers conferred on the court by its procedural law, the measures which a court may take to prevent or terminate injury or damage or to ensure the provision of compensation;\n(e) the question whether a right to claim damages or a remedy may be transferred, including by inheritance;\n(f) persons entitled to compensation for damage sustained personally;\n(g) liability for the acts of another person;\n(h) the manner in which an obligation may be extinguished and rules of prescription and limitation, including rules relating to the commencement, interruption and suspension of a period of prescription or limitation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/864/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:49.169572+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}