(1) Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I) is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1 (material scope) -

(a) in paragraph 2(j), for the words beginning with "Article 2" and ending with "assurance" substitute "Article 2(1) of Directive 2009/138/EU[OJ L 335, 17.12.2009, p.1.] which carry on life assurance under Article 2(3) of that Directive";

(b) for paragraph 4, substitute -

"4. In this Regulation, "relevant state" means the United Kingdom and -

(a) in Article 3(4) and Article 7, all the Member States;

(b) in all other Articles, the Member States to which Regulation (EC) No. 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I), as it has effect in EU law and as amended from time to time, applies [OJ L 177, 4.7.2008, p.6.].".

(3) In Article 2 (universal application), for "a Member State", substitute "the United Kingdom or a part of the United Kingdom".