This Practice Note considers consumer contracts in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I). The Practice Note explains the process by which the applicable law is determined for consumer contracts and the limitations that apply for where the parties wish to make their own choice of law. A consumer contract will be governed by the law of the country in which the consumer has their habitual residence. The Practice Note explains how to determine the habitual residence of the consumer and why the formal validity requirements for