62020CJ0645_SUM
Case C‑645/20
V AandZ A
v
TP
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France))
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 7 April 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 – Article 10 – Subsidiary jurisdiction in matters of succession – Deceased person habitually resident at the time of his or her death in a State that is not bound by Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 – Deceased person who is a national of a Member State and has assets in that Member State – Obligation for the court of that Member State seised to examine of its own motion the criteria as regards its subsidiary jurisdiction – Appointment of an administrator of the estate)
Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions, acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession, and creation of a European Certificate of Succession – Regulation No 650/2012 – Subsidiary jurisdiction – Scope
(Protocol No 21 annexed to the EU and FEU Treaties, Arts 1, 2 and 4; European Parliament and Council Regulation No 650/2012, recital 82 and Art. 10)
(see paragraph 25)
Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions, acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession, and creation of a European Certificate of Succession – Regulation No 650/2012 – Subsidiary jurisdiction
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 650/2012, recitals 7, 27, 30 and 43 and Arts 4, 5, 10(1)(a) and 15)
(see paragraphs 29-36, 38, 41-43, 46, operative part)
Judicial cooperation in civil matters – Jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions, acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession, and creation of a European Certificate of Succession – Regulation No 650/2012 – Coincidence of the jurisdiction and the applicable law – Scope
(European Parliament and Council Regulation No 650/2012, recitals 27 and 43 and Art. 10)
(see paragraphs 44, 45)
See the text of the decision.