Following the European Parliament's second reading, at the end of January, the proposition of the regulation called "Rome II" on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations should be the subject of a political agreement within the next Ministers Council on February 15. The bill introduces a provision determining that the regulation that should apply, in terms of liability because of strikes or lock-out, is the law of the country where the dispute takes place. (Ref. 070130)
Determination of the law applicable for liability due to collective disputes : in its current version, the proposition of the “Rome II” regulation plans, in article 9, that “the law applicable to a non-contractual obligation in respect of the liability of a person in the capacity of a worker or an employer or the organizations representing their professional interests for damages caused by an industrial action, pending or carried out, shall be the law of the country where the action is to be, o
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