Brussels, 16/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - After four years of intense negotiations, the European Parliament and the Council, meeting late into the night of Tuesday in the Conciliation Committee, finally approved a regulation on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II). European states have been trying to harmonise the rules on conflicts of law in criminal matters since 1972. “We have succeeded in attaining a compromise which will bring significantly more legal certainty and...