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The Hague Conference on Private International Law has signed the Final Act of a new international convention designed to circumvent the usual obstacles to the international circulation of judgments. The 2019 Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters aims at mitigating uncertainties and risks associated with international trade and other civil relationships by setting forth a simple and safe system according to which foreign judgments can easily circulate from country to country. The purpose of this article is to record the historical moment of the negotiations that took place at The Hague Conference, as well as to pinpoint how consumer cases will be dealt with by the Convention, as regulated in Article 5(2).
