EU SUCCESSION REGULATION No 650/2012

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Table of Contents
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Article 12 – Limitation of proceedings ..............................................................................161
I. Introduction .......................................................................................................................161
II. Conditions ......................................................................................................................... 162
1. Jurisdiction of a Court of a Member State ......................................................................162
2. Explicit Conditions.......................................................................................................... 163
III. Legal Consequences ........................................................................................................ 167
Article 13 – Acceptance or waiver of the succession, of a legacy or
of a reserved share ........................................................................................... 169
I. Preamble ............................................................................................................................169
II. Conditions of application ................................................................................................ 170
III. Legal Consequence ..........................................................................................................174
Article 14 – Seising of a court .............................................................................................. 178
Article 15 – Examination as to jurisdiction ...................................................................... 180
Article 16 – Examination as to admissibility .................................................................... 182
Article 17 – Lis pendens ........................................................................................................ 186
I. The provision and its aim ................................................................................................. 186
II. Conditions of application ................................................................................................ 190
Article 18 – Related actions .................................................................................................. 193
Article 19 – Provisional, including protective, measures ...............................................196
I. The rule and the prerequisites for the issuance of an order for provisional/
protective measures ........................................................................................................ 196
II. Cases and prerequisites regarding provisional/protective measures ...........................198
CHAPTER III
Applicable Law
Article 20 – Universal application ....................................................................................... 202
Article 21 – General rule .......................................................................................................204
I. Introductory remarks .........................................................................................................204
II. The concept of ‘habitual residence’ as connecting factor ..............................................206
III. Issues regarding the determination of habitual residence............................................ 206
IV. The exceptional function of the exemption or escape clause ...................................... 207
Article 22 – Choice of law .................................................................................................... 209
I. Introduction .......................................................................................................................211
ΙΙ. The principle of professio juris........................................................................................ 212
1. Definition and features.................................................................................................... 212
2. Comparative overview .................................................................................................... 213
3. Ratio................................................................................................................................219
4. Advantages and disadvantages of professio juris .............................................................221