Conflicts of jurisdiction: impact of the accession of the European Union to COTIF on the identification of the jurisdictional rules applicable to disputes relating to international transport by rail: Note under Ch.com. 29 November 2016 (No 14-20172) ; Conflits de juridictions : incidence de l'adhési...
Article 2 of the Agreement between the European Union and the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail on the Accession of the European Union to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) of 9 May 1980, as amended by the Vilnius Protocol of 3 June 1999, states that, without prejudice to the object and purpose of the Convention,./. in their mutual relations, the Parties to the Convention which are members of the European Union shall apply Union law and therefore apply the rules deriving from the Convention only in so far as there is no Union rule governing the particular subject concerned. As a result, the rules on international jurisdiction set out in Regulation No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters take precedence over those contained in the COTIF. ; International audience ; Article 2 of the Agreement between the European Union and the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail on the Accession of the European Union to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) of 9 May 1980, as amended by the Vilnius Protocol of 3 June 1999, states that, without prejudice to the object and purpose of the Convention,./. in their mutual relations, the Parties to the Convention which are members of the European Union shall apply Union law and therefore apply the rules deriving from the Convention only in so far as there is no Union rule governing the particular subject concerned. As a result, the rules on international jurisdiction set out in Regulation No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters take precedence over those contained in the COTIF. ; L'article 2 de l'accord entre l'Union européenne et l'Organisation intergouvernementale pourles transports internationaux ferroviaires concernant l'adhésion de l'Union européenne à laConvention relative aux transports ...