# Council Regulation (EU) No 1259/2010 of 20 December 2010 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation, Article 13: Differences in national law

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Nothing in this Regulation shall oblige the courts of a participating Member State whose law does not provide for divorce or does not deem the marriage in question valid for the purposes of divorce proceedings to pronounce a divorce by virtue of the application of this Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/1259/article/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-1259/article-13
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