Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments The judgments of one State’s courts have no automatic/direct effect in another State Reasons: Foreign procedure may be considered deficient Judgment may touch upon public policy issues

REGULATIONS REGULATION (EU) No 1215/2012 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (recast)

CONVENTION on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters

Official Journal of the European Union Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . […]

Rome I & II Regulations: Law applicable to contractual and non-contractual obligations