European rules on the law applicable to third-party effects of assignments: a never-ending story?
Abstract The proper conflicts rule on the third-party effects of assignments of claims is again on the agenda of the European legislator after attempts to regulate it in the 2009 Rome Regulation had failed. Since that time, divergent national enactments and decisions by Member States' courts as well as a vigorous academic debate have not made the task easier. The article tries to explore some of the practical and theoretical difficulties, which the European legislator is facing, as well as possible ways to cut the Gordian knot.