Act Governing the Choice of Law in Civil Matters Involving Foreign Elements Article 48

(1) Where the spouses have agreed in writing that either the national law or the law of domicile of one of them shall apply to their matrimonial property regime, the law agreed-upon governs.(2) Where there is no agreement or where their agreement is void under the applicable law of the preceding paragraph, the matrimonial property regime of the spouses is governed by the national law common to them; in the absence of a common national law, by the law of domicile common to them; in the absence of a common law of domicile, by the law of residence common to them; in the absence of a common law of residence, by the law of the place most closely connected with their marriage relationship.(3) With respect to the immovable property of the spouses, if the property is subject to special provisions under the law of the place where it is located, the preceding two paragraphs do not apply.