Rapporteur for 'Rome II' (Diana Wallis MEP)

Diana Wallis MEP <info@dianawallismep.org.uk>

Rapporteur for 'Rome II'

October 7, 2003 12:00 AM

Diana Wallis MEP was today appointed by the European Parliament's Legal Affairs and Internal Market Committee as Rapporteur on the so-called 'Rome II' proposals to deal with the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (eg. cross-border disputes arising from incidents such as negligence, defamation; where there is no contract between the parties).

Diana Wallis, who is the Liberal group's Spokesperson on the committee, said in Brussels, "I am delighted to have been appointed to deal with this file. The Commission has taken a long time and much consultation to come forward with the final proposal. I now intend to proceed as quickly as possible to prepare a report in Committee."

She added, "This will be an important milestone in legislative terms; what was a Convention in private international law will now become a Community Regulation on the basis of co-decision between the Council and the Parliament."

Commission proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations ("Rome II").

COM (2003) 427 final. The Co-decision procedure gives the European Parliament equal legislative power with the Council of Ministers. There will be two readings in Committee and plenary session, followed - if necessary - by Conciliation between the two Houses, before the Regulation can become law.