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A new website will be online be the end of 2012 : www.couples-europe.eu
Legal information on 27 Member States in 23 languages
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Project powered by the CNUE/ENN
• JLS 2007-2013 co-financed by EU Commission
• Developed by the European Notarial Network of the CNUE during 2008-2010
• Regular updating by the ENN
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What is the ENN?
• The ENN was created in 2007 to help notaries to handle cross-border cases
• 22 Contact Points/Interlocutors
• ENN Online Tool www.enn-rne.eu
• Context of successions-europe.eu: Greater content offered by the ENN not only to notaries, but also to citizens
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Focus on communication
• How to publicise the project?– Communication strategy
• Websites (www.cnue.eu; www.enn-rne.eu)• Film (also via Youtube)• Leaflets• USB sticks• National websites• Media/Press
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Future Regulation on Successions
• Article 46– Information made available to the public– European Judicial Network in Civil and
Commercial matters (EJN)
– Integration of the content of www.successions-europe.eu in the EJN …
Key Facts
• Initiated by the Austrian presidency of the Council of the Notariats of the European Union
• Project started in May 2011
• Will be finalized by October 2012
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Key Facts
• Database containing information on patrimonial regimes in 27 countries
• National experts deliver reports on their countries‘ patrimonial regimes
• Based on a questionnaire elaborated by the Karl-Franzens-University Graz and the steering committee of CNUE
• Scientific supervision by Prof. Brigitta Lurger (Karl-Franzens-University Graz)
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Background
• Number of couples with a multi-national dimension increases constantly
• Certainty about their legal position is of utmost importance
• Fundamental differences between property regimes preclude harmonization
• Harmonization efforts in the field of jurisdiction, conflict of laws and the recognition and enforcement of decisions (proposals for council regulations by the European Commission)
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Objectives
• Database and regulations complement one another
• Facilitating access to law
• Providing reliable information
• Easily understood by citizens
• Source of information for legal practitioners and citizens
• Available in all the Member States‘ languages
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Objectives
• Facilitating the work of legal practitioners
• Enabling international couples to make a well-founded choice of law
• Valuable contribution to the area of freedom, security and justice
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