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To the extent that the law applicable to the contract has not been chosen in accordance with Article 3 and without prejudice to Articles 5 to 8, the law governing the contract shall be determined as follows: a contract for the sale of goods shall be governed by the law of the country where the seller has his habitual residence; a contract for the provision of services shall be governed by the law of the country where the service provider has his habitual residence; a contract relating to a right in rem in immovable property or to a tenancy of immovable property shall be governed by the law of the country where the property is situated; notwithstanding point (c), a tenancy of immovable property concluded for temporary private use for a period of no more than six consecutive months shall be governed by the law of the country where the landlord has his habitual residence, provided that the tenant is a natural person and has his habitual residence in the same country; a franchise contract shall be governed by the law of the country where the franchisee has his habitual residence; a distribution contract shall be governed by the law of the country where the distributor has his habitual residence; a contract for the sale of goods by auction shall be governed by the law of the country where the auction takes place, if such a place can be determined; a contract concluded within a multilateral system which brings together or facilitates the bringing together of multiple third-party buying and selling interests in financial instruments, as defined by Article 4(1), point (17) of Directive 2004/39/EC, in accordance with non-discretionary rules and governed by a single law, shall be governed by that law.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-29 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.