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Interpreting will be available in the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish.

Cross-border Successions within the EU

Eight million Europeans live outside their country of origin. There are two and a half million properties in the EU which belong to people residing in states which differ from the location of the property itself. Every year, 450 000 successions with an international dimension are opened in Europe, amounting to a sum in excess of EUR 123 billion.

The conference, organized jointly with the European Commission, will be an opportunity to discuss several issues raised by the draft regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and authentic instruments in matters of succession.

Also, I invite you to join the many VIPs from the political, legal and academic world who will be taking part in this event.

Roberto Barone
CNUE President

Friday 15 Oct. 2010 - Cross-border Successions within the EU

@ Charlemagne Building (European Commission) - Brussels, Belgium

from 9.00 to 17.30

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  • 8.30 - 9.00 - Welcome of participants

  • 9.00 - 9.30 - Opening event See full details

    • 9.00 - 9.15 - Welcome speech by Mr Roberto Barone, CNUE president

      Working paper available - Italian

    • 9.15 - 9.30 - Introduction by Ms Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Justice

      Working paper available - French

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  • 9.30 - 12.45 - The draft regulation on international successions See full details

    • 9.30 - 9.45 - Introduction and moderation

      • Ms Salla Saastamoinen, Head of Civil Justice Unit of the European Commission

        Presentation available - English

    • 9.45 - 10.00 - The applicable law and the deceased’s last habitual residence

      • Mr Paul Lagarde, Professor at the University of Paris I “Panthéon-Sorbonne”

        Working paper available - French

    • 10.00 - 10.15 - The choice of the applicable law

      • Mr Domenico Damascelli, Professor at the University of Salento

    • 10.15 - 10.45 - Coffee break

    • 10.45 - 11.00 - The relationship between succession law and lex rei sitae

      • Ms Karen Vandekerckhove, European Commission Administrator, Civil Justice Unit

    • 11.00 - 11.15 - The scope of the applicable law, including the administration of the succession

      • Ms Pilar Blanco-Morales Limones, Professor at the University of Extremadura

        Working paper available - Spanish / German

    • 11.15 - 11.30 - The recognition of judicial decisions

      • Mr Ulf Bergquist, Lawyer in Stockholm

        Working paper available - English

        Presentation available - English

    • 11.30 - 11.45 - The recognition of authentic instruments

      • Mr Cyril Nourissat, Professor at the University Lyon III “Jean Moulin”

        Working paper available - French

        Presentation available - French

    • 11.45 - 12.00 - The form of the will or the agreements as to future successions

      • Mr Tibor Szőcs, Representative of the future Hungarian Presidency of the Council

        Working paper available - English / German

    • 12.00 - 12.15 - Relations with non-EU countries

      • Mr Andrea Bonomi, Professor at the University of Lausanne

        Presentation available - French

    • 12.15 - 12.45 - Discussion

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  • 12.45 - 14.15 - Lunch Buffet

  • 14.15 - 15.45 - The European Certificate of Succession See full details

    • 14.15 - 15.45 - Roundtable Debate

      Introduction & moderation
      • Mr Benoît Cusin, Journalist for Agence Europe
      Speakers
      • Mr Pascal Chassaing, Notary in France

        Presentation available - French

      • Mr Mircea-Dan Bob, Professor at the University ‘Babeş-Bolyai’ of Cluj-Napoca
      • Mr Alexander Winkler, notary in Austria
      • Ms Lenka Leszay, Notary in Czech Republic

        Working paper available - Czech

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  • 15.45 - 16.45 - e-Justice at the service of European citizens See full details

    • 15.45 - 16.00 - Introduction

      • Mr Fernando Paulino Pereira, Chair of the e-Justice Group of the Council of the European Union

        Presentation available - English

    • 16.00 - 16.15 - Presentation of the website www.successions-europe.eu

      • Mr Marc Cagniart, Notary in France

    • 16.15 - 16.30 - Presentation of the European Notarial Network training programme

      • Ms Joanna Gregula, Notary in Poland

        Working paper available - English / Polish

    • 16.30 - 16.45 - Presentation of the European Network of Registers of Wills Association (ENRWA)

      • Mr Karel Tobback, Notary in Belgium

        Presentation available - French

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  • 16.45 - 17.30 - Closing speech See full details

    • 16.45 - 17.00 - Summary of work by Mr Christian Baldus, Professor at the University of Heidelberg

    • 17.00 - 17.30 - Closing speech by Mr Stefaan De Clerck, Belgian Minister for Justice

      Working paper available - Dutch + French

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Friday 15 October 2010 from 9.00 to 17.30

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Charlemagne Building

170 Rue de la Loi (Wetstraat), 1049 Brussels, Belgium

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