2009/451/EC: Commission Decision of 8 June 2009 on the intention of the United Kingdom to accept Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and cooperation in matters relating to maintenance obligations (notified under document number C(2009) 4427)

Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 shall apply to the United Kingdom in accordance with Article 2.

Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 shall enter into force in the United Kingdom on 1 July 2009. Article 2(2), Article 47(3) and Articles 71, 72 and 73 of the Regulation shall apply from 18 September 2010. The other provisions of the Regulation shall apply from 18 June 2011, subject to the 2007 Hague Protocol on the law applicable to maintenance obligations being applicable in the Community by that date. Failing that, the Regulation shall apply from the date of application of that Protocol in the Community.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.