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ARXO-2026-0444 · Reported

Rome II, Croatian version: does Article 4(2) apply to the person claimed to be liable or only to a person whose liability is established?

The other versions apply the common habitual residence rule to the person claimed to be liable. The Croatian text speaks of the person whose liability has been established.

Consequence

Read alone, the Croatian rule assumes liability before the applicable law that decides it has been found.

Proposed correction

The lawyer-linguists could say whether the wording should be aligned with the other versions: align Croatian Article 4(2) with the person claimed to be liable.

Jurisdiction
European Union — European Union
Act
Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 (Rome II)
Place
Article 4(2), Croatian version
Record
Question of reading or data
Class
Question of reading or data
Where it arose
A language version
Arxo's conclusion
Confirmed
Official text
Unchanged at last check
Last checked
2026-10-31

Evidence

Pair of quotations. Quotations are verbatim from the official material; translations are ours and marked.

osoba kojoj je utvrđena odgovornost

Our translation (English): the person whose liability has been established

Language version · Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 (Rome II), Official Journal, Croatian version · Article 4(2) (Croatian) · published · retrieved 2026-10-31 · SHA-256 658dff9208be23eac15914a531d271ad8387d090233f88afe9e5423ddb7686f8 · copy
the person claimed to be liable
Normative text · Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 (Rome II), Official Journal, English version · Article 4(2) (English) · published · retrieved 2026-10-31 · SHA-256 488bfcf5bcbcb4e1401205419942109bee4b77d03cd1b5dc2b18399e2ea6dde0 · copy

How to check it without Arxo's tools

  1. Open Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 (Rome II), Official Journal, Croatian version and find Article 4(2) (Croatian). Compare the text with the quotation above. A copy is kept in this register: 658dff9208be23ea-hrv.xhtml (SHA-256 658dff9208be23eac15914a531d271ad8387d090233f88afe9e5423ddb7686f8, copy of the official file).
  2. Open Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 (Rome II), Official Journal, English version and find Article 4(2) (English). Compare the text with the quotation above. A copy is kept in this register: 488bfcf5bcbcb4e1-eng.xhtml (SHA-256 488bfcf5bcbcb4e1401205419942109bee4b77d03cd1b5dc2b18399e2ea6dde0, copy of the official file).
  3. The finding holds if the quoted passages read as shown and the comparison gives the result stated at the top of this page. If it does not, write to us with the record ID.

How this finding was made

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Responsible institutions

Reported to

DateInstitutionChannelReference
2026-10-31Council of the European Union, General Secretariat, Directorate for Quality of Legislatione-mailMessage-ID: <CAH-SH70ZbQP3i+XHyoG_2YvrdzeuSRWyOqzu9hnEYRN0Wq-YyA@mail.gmail.com>
2026-10-31European Parliament, Directorate for Legislative Actse-mailMessage-ID: <CAH-SH73wRJpLRgo=g--ww+78cgCogZyxROz8dJX0vAD8VFp6ug@mail.gmail.com>

Responses

No response recorded.

History

  1. 2026-10-31Confirmed by Arxo
  2. 2026-10-31Entered in the register
  3. 2026-10-31Reported to Council of the European Union, General Secretariat, Directorate for Quality of Legislation (e-mail)
  4. 2026-10-31Reported to European Parliament, Directorate for Legislative Acts (e-mail)

hr

Rim II, hrvatska verzija: primjenjuje li se članak 4. stavak 2. na osobu za koju se tvrdi da je odgovorna ili samo na osobu kojoj je odgovornost utvrđena?

Druge verzije primjenjuju pravilo o uobičajenom boravištu u istoj državi na osobu za koju se tvrdi da je odgovorna. Hrvatski tekst glasi „osoba kojoj je utvrđena odgovornost“.

Consequence

Ako se čita zasebno, hrvatsko pravilo pretpostavlja odgovornost prije nego što je utvrđeno mjerodavno pravo na temelju kojeg se o njoj odlučuje.

Proposed correction

Pravnici lingvisti mogli bi reći treba li tekst uskladiti s drugim jezičnim verzijama: uskladiti članak 4. stavak 2. hrvatske verzije s izrazom osoba za koju se tvrdi da je odgovorna.

Cite this record

Arxo Law, Arxo Findings Register, ARXO-2026-0444, https://arxo.io/findings/ARXO-2026-0444/ (status as of 2026-10-31). Data: ARXO-2026-0444.json.