Entries by Gilles Cuniberti

2007 Hague Protocol in Force since August 1st

The Hague Conference on Private International Law has announced that on 1 August 2013, the Hague Protocol of 23 November 2007 on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations (hereinafter the 2007 Hague Protocol) came into force at the international level between Serbia and the European Union (all Member States of the European Union with the exception of […]

CJEU to Issue a New Opinion on the External Competence of the EU

Pietro Franzina is associate professor of international law at the University of Ferrara. The European Commission has recently asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to render an opinion pursuant to Article 218(11) of the TFEU concerning the Union’s competence to entertain “external” relations in the area of judicial cooperation in civil matters (Opinion 1/13: […]