Again on Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003
Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof, Germany, in case C- 256/09 was lodged on 10 July 2009 (see
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Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof, Germany, in case C- 256/09 was lodged on 10 July 2009 (see
On 3 May 2010, the Oberster Gerichsthof (Austria) referred to the ECJ for a preliminary ruling five questions concerning Regulation (EC) nº 2210/2003 . At the national court request, the reference was dealt with under the urgent procedure provided for in Article 104b of the Rules of Procedure; the reason for doing so was that […]
Recently, the July/August issue of the German law journal “Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts” (
Yesterday, the French supreme court for private and criminal matters (Cour de cassation) held that an American judgment permitting the adoption of a child by the female partner of the mother was not contrary to French public policy and could be recognized in France. The women were two doctors living in the United State. They […]
The most recent EU Proposals on Private International Law (on the one hand, the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and authentic instruments in matters of succession and the creation of a European Certificate of Succession, COM(2009) 154 final, and […]
Just a brief post to report a “minor” error in the Spanish version of the Proposal for a Regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and authentic instruments in matters of succession and the creation of a European Certificate of Succession: see art. 27.2 in Spanish “En particular, la aplicación de una […]
Recently, the May/June issue of the German law journal “Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts” (
The first issue of 2010 of the Dutch PIL journal Nederlands Internationaal Privaatrecht includes the following contributions: Xandra Kramer – Editorial (Lissabon, Stockholm, Boek 10 BW en andere IPR-beloften voor 2010), p. 1-2 J-G Knot – Europees internationaal erfrecht op komst: het voorstel voor een Europese Erfrechtverordening nader belicht (on the Proposal for a European […]
A lower court sitting in Belgium has recently been faced with a case of international surrogate motherhood. Two men married in Belgium had contracted with a woman living in California, who gave birth to twins in December 2008. One of the men was the biological father of the twins. In accordance with the laws of […]
The European Commission has published yesterday its