At <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />the Hague Diplomatic Conference a convention was signed by nearly 50 states which simplifies the recovery of maintenance support from obligors residing in foreign countries.
As a result of the amendments to the Commercial Code that took effect in the previous week, private limited companies and public limited companies entered in the commercial register of Estonia can now easily merge with companies established in the European Economic Area, while preserving legal continuity.
The Justice and Home Affairs Council of the European Union reached a political agreement on the choice of law governing international contracts (the so-called <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Rome I Regulation).
