THE WAY TOWARDS THE HARMONIZATION OF THE LAW OF SUCCESSION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION - REGULATION (EU) NO 650/2012 OF JULY 2012

Journal Title: Annuals of the Administration and Law - Year 2013, Vol 1, Issue 0

Abstract

Until quite recently all of the countries of the world have had different rules dealing with succession rights (that is the rules relating to inheritance whether testate or intestate). However since the creation of the Succession Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enfocement of authentic instruments in metters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession all that has changed for all of the member states of the European Union. The Regulation aims to harmonise the laws relating to succession throughout the European Union. Moreover the Regulation aims to facilitate the free movement of persons within th EU and also to promote the area of freedom, security and justice which is a primary goal of the EU. The regulation provides certainty as to which law applies. The regulation enables persons to make a choice of law of the country of their nationality to govern their succession. The general ruled applied in the Regulation is that the law applicable to the succession as a whole shall be the law of the State in which the deceased had his habitual residence at the time of death unless the latter chose the law of the state to apply in accordance with Article 22. The paper focuses on jurisdiction, applicable law and recognitions and enforcement of decisions and Europewan Certificate of Succession covered by the Regulation. The paper is designed of deeply analyze the regulations contained in the Regulation. The authoress focuses on jurisdiction, applicable law and recognitions and enforcement of decisions and Europewan Certificate of Succession covered by the Regulation. The authoress analyses the topic of her research by exploiting the dogmatic method and that of comparative type.<br/><br/>

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Aneta Makowiec

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Aneta Makowiec (2013). THE WAY TOWARDS THE HARMONIZATION OF THE LAW OF SUCCESSION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION - REGULATION (EU) NO 650/2012 OF JULY 2012. Annuals of the Administration and Law, 1(0), 443-455. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-599611