An issue raised by the process of adoption of the Rome I Regulation is the lack of an impact assessment from the Commission. That this was on the spurious grounds that there would be no effect, despite the fact that the Commission were not proposing to adopt the text of the Rome I convention, then in force but to make substantive changes. It is important that this should not be allowed to set a precedent.
It is disappointing that weaknesses in the Convention have not been addressed.
