35As is apparent from the wording of Article 6 of the Rome Convention and from its objective, the court must first determine the applicable law by reference to the specific connecting factors under Article 6(2)(a) and (b) respectively, which satisfy the general requirement of predictability of the law and accordingly of legal certainty in contractual relationships (see, by analogy, Case C-133/08 ICF [2009] ECR I-9687, paragraph 62).
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