# Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 of 25 June 2019 on jurisdiction, the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, and on international child abduction (recast), Article 97: Relation with the 1996 Hague Convention

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

1. As concerns the relation with the 1996 Hague Convention, this Regulation shall apply:
(a) subject to paragraph 2 of this Article , where the child concerned has his or her habitual residence in the territory of a Member State;
(b) as concerns the recognition and enforcement of a decision given by a court of a Member State in the territory of another Member State, even if the child concerned has his or her habitual residence in the territory of a State which is a contracting Party to the said Convention and in which this Regulation does not apply.
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1,
(a) where the parties have agreed upon the jurisdiction of a court of a State Party to the 1996 Hague Convention in which this Regulation does not apply, Article 10 of that Convention shall apply;
(b) with respect to the transfer of jurisdiction between a court of a Member State and a court of a State Party to the 1996 Hague Convention in which this Regulation does not apply, Articles 8 and 9 of that Convention shall apply;
(c) where proceedings relating to parental responsibility are pending before a court of a State Party to the 1996 Hague Convention in which this Regulation does not apply at the time when a court of a Member State is seised of proceedings relating to the same child and involving the same cause of action, Article 13 of that Convention shall apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1111/article/97 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1111/article-97
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