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SUCCESSION REGULATION 650/2012 – The European Certificate of Succession

Charlotte Oliver / 2015-06-12

The European Certificate of Succession (referred to here as the “ECS”) is a formal certification of the facts of the succession of a deceased person, which has been introduced by the Succession Regulation (EU) 650/2012, which is due to come into force on August 17th 2015, and by Regulation (EU) No 1329/2014 of 9 December 2014

SUCCESSION REGULATION – Which national law will apply?

This article explores how the Succession Regulation imposes one law to a succession involving an estate in Italy. The death of a person resident in a Member State leaving assets and heirs in more than one country, or with a nationality different from the place of residence, would have caused a headache for the Executors,