THE END OF CONFLICT IN EUROPE? AN UPDATE ON THE DRAFT EU REGULATION ON SUCCESSION
JANUARY 8TH 2010 | 02:47 TAGS:
The origins of a European instrument to govern mutual recognition of succession across the EU first appeared in 1998. There followed an extensive Green Paper which was issued in March 2005.
On 14 October 2009 the European Commission issued a long awaited draft Regulation. This can be found at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2009:0154:FIN:EN:PDF#page=2.
However, on 15 December 2009 Jack Straw, as Minister of Justice, announced that the UK government has chosen to elect to opt out of the Regulation – it can opt-in later in the negotiations.
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