{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-593/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-593/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/593",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-593",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Universal application",
  "text": "Any law specified by this Regulation shall be applied whether or not it is the law of the United Kingdom or a part of the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834), regs. 1, 10(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/593/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:12.759087+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."
}