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Simplification · LIA-04Requirement that liability rules be of overriding mandatory application, where the applicable law is not a Member State's own law, is deleted
What changes
Member States lose the EU-mandated requirement to make their liability-implementing rules an overriding mandatory provision under conflict-of-laws rules.
Prior rule vs new rule
Prior rule
Obligation
for the same reason, by deleting the requirement for Member States to ensure that the liability rules are of overriding mandatory application in cases where the law applicable to claims to that effect is not the national law of the Member State
New rule
Obligation
Requirement that liability rules be of overriding mandatory application, where the applicable law is not a Member State's own law, is deleted
Who is affected
Addressee
Member States
Class
Governments
Sectors
No sector named — applies by size or activity
Applies
Once transposed by Member States (transposition due within 12 months of this Directive's entry into force)
Burden drivers
No burden drivers recorded on this provision.
Binds Member States, not a company by size.