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notlegallybinding,andtheirvalidityissolelyduetotheirnature,whichclearly
reflectstheEnglishterm“agentlemen’sagreement,”insupportoftheprovision
inArticle2,paragraph1thedraftregulation,particularattentionwaspaidtothe
emphasisofthisprovision.Itwasnotedthatthecollectivenatureofthesources
oflabourbecomelabourlawonlywhenthepartiesoftheseagreementsandother
normativeagreementsareboundinthelegalsenseoftheterm.
InArticle2,paragraph1thedraftregulationusesthephrase“labourlawpro-
visionsapplicabletoemploymentrelationships.”Teywerethereforethescope
ofnationalstandards,thesubstantivelabourlaw,betweenwhichconflictsshould
beresolvedinthemannerindicatedinthisdraftregulation.TeEuropeanCom-
missionasanauthorofuniformprivateinternationallabourlawsoughttoresolve
conflictsofnationalstandardswithinthescopeofindividualemploymentlaw.
Telegalstatusoflabourstandardswithinthemeaningofthisprojectweretobe
governedsolelybytheindividualemploymentlaw.
Terangeofadjustmentoftheconflictoflawrulesdidnotincludelegal
issuesrelatingtolegalcapacityandcapabilitytocarryoutlegalactsregulatedby
nationallawofindividualemploymentlaw.Inparticular,itdidnotconcernthe
abilitytoenterintocontractsofemployment.ProvisionofArticle2,paragraph2
ofthisdraftregulationexplicitlyexcludefromthescopeoftheproposedregula-
tionofprivateinternationallabourlawthe(capacity)ofthepartiestoenterinto
contractsofemployment.Conflictsofthesubstantiverulesonmattersrelating
tothedefinitionofcontractingcapacityweretoremaininthehandsofthecon-
flictoflawrulesofprivateinternationallaw,regardlessofwhetherthecasewas
governedbytheaboveinlabourlaworcivillaw.Teabsenceoflegalcapacitywas
tobegovernedinthesamewaywithappropriatethelegalconsequences.
TeconsideredArticle2,paragraph2ofthedraftregulationdoesnotexplain
therulesbywhichtheywouldbegovernedbythenationalconflictsofsubstantive
labourlaw,layingdownrulesfortheabilitytoestablishformallabourrelations.
Tissituationmaybeinterpretedasaconsciousandintentionalbytheauthor
whoduetothespecificrequirementsforcandidatesforpublicserviceleft
themattertoestablishthecapacityofformallabourrelationsgovernedbyspe-
cificlegislation,andnotgenerallyapplicablenormsandstandardsofcivillaw.
Giventherelativelylargenumberoffailures,committedbytheCommunityin
theconflictoflawsproject,onecannotruleoutthemistakesmadebytheEuro-
peanCommission.Finally,thethirdversionoftheexplanationproposedabove
fornationallegislationtoregulateconflictsofsubstantivelaw(civillaworlabour
law),specifyingcertainaspectsoflegalcapacitytoperformcertainlegalacts(con-
tractsofemployment)maybeexplainedbyndingthatthecurrentdraftregula-
tiondoesnotregulateconflictsofothernationalstandards,individualsubstantive
labourlawbeyondthosethatcanbeusedtoregulatethelegalpositionofthe
partiesinbindinglabourrelations.Eachofthethreehypothesesisjustified.Inmy
opinion,themostlikelyhypothesisisthefirst.Itremainstheclearestandmost