EU SUCCESSION REGULATION No 650/2012

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Table of Contents
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ΙV. The provision of Article 30 of the Regulation...............................................................369
V. Conclusion......................................................................................................................... 370
Article 31 – Adaptation of rights in rem ........................................................................... 372
I. Introductory remarks - The problem in question.............................................................373
II. Requirements for the application of Article 31..............................................................375
1. Defining “rights in rem” .................................................................................................375
2. Unknown right in rem ....................................................................................................377
III. The adaptation ...............................................................................................................379
1. The adaptation in the context of the Succession Regulation ...........................................379
2. The adaptation in various European countries ............................................................... 382
Article 32 – Commorientes ...................................................................................................384
I. Introductory remarks .........................................................................................................385
II. The specific requirements for the application of Article 32 .........................................387
1. Death of two or more individuals whose succession is governed by different laws......... 387
2. Uncertainty in the order of death .................................................................................... 388
3. Applicable substantive laws adopt different solutions for this situation or
lack any provision ...........................................................................................................388
Article 33 – Estate without a claimant ..............................................................................391
I. Determining the estate without a claimant (bona vacantia) ..........................................392
II. The effects of the characterization of an estate as estate without a claimant
in national substantive laws - Comparative Remarks ....................................................393
III. The estate without a claimant in case of cross border successions ............................. 395
IV. How conflicts in case of cross border estates without a claimant are addressed .......396
V. Other issues which are related with the application of Article 33 ...............................399
1. The application of Article 33 in case of assets located in a third country .......................399
2. Determining where the assets are located ...................................................................... 400
3. Protection of creditors..................................................................................................... 400
Article 34 – Renvoi ................................................................................................................. 401
I. Introduction .......................................................................................................................402
II. Renvoi within the framework of the common Greek Private International Law ......... 402
1. The principle of exclusion of renvoi under Article 32 of the Greek Civil Code ...............402
2. The exceptions ................................................................................................................403
III. Renvoi in the field of European Private International Law..........................................404
1. The positive law solutions ...............................................................................................404
2. The doctrinal debate .......................................................................................................405
IV. The solution of Article 34 ............................................................................................. 406
1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................406
2. Cases of acceptance of renvoi ..........................................................................................407
3. Cases of exclusion of renvoi ............................................................................................ 408
4. The structure of Regulation 650/2012 and its importance as to the scope
of Article 34.................................................................................................................... 410
Article 35 – Public policy (ordre public) ...........................................................................414
I. General content .................................................................................................................415