Title 1

The rules of private international law contained in this Book and other statutory provisions are without prejudice to the operation of international…

The rules of private international law and the law designated by those rules shall be applied ex officio.

Dutch law is applicable to the manner of proceeding before the Dutch court.

If the question of which legal consequences are attached to a fact must be answered by way of a preliminary question in connection with another…

The application of the law of a state is understood to mean the application of the rules of law in force in that state, with the exception of private…

Foreign law is not applied to the extent that its application is manifestly incompatible with public policy.

Overriding mandatory provisions are provisions to the observance of which a state attaches so much importance for the safeguarding of its public…

The law designated by a statutory rule which is based on a presumed close connection with that law, shall, by way of exception, remain inapplicable…

To a fact to which legal consequences are attached under the law that is applicable according to the private international law of an involved foreign…

To the extent that a choice of law is permitted, it must be made expressly or otherwise be sufficiently evident.

Whether a natural person is a minor and to what extent he is capable of performing juridical acts, is determined by his national law. If the person…

A juridical act is valid as to its form if it complies with the formal requirements of the law applicable to the juridical act itself, or of the law…

The law that governs a legal relationship or legal fact is also applicable insofar as it establishes legal presumptions or contains rules on the…

Whether a right or right of action is prescribed or has lapsed is determined by the law applicable to the legal relationship from which that right or…

If the national law of a natural person is applicable and the state of nationality of the person concerned has two or more legal systems which apply…

If the national law of a natural person is applicable and the person concerned is stateless or his nationality cannot be determined, the law of the…

The personal status of an alien to whom a residence permit as referred to in Article 28 or Article 33 of the Aliens Act 2000 has been granted, of an…