News – GEDIP

Virtual Meeting, 2020

The 30th meeting of the Group has been held on 18 and 19 September 2020, at the invitation of M. Pauknerova, Professor at the Faculty of Law of Charles University. Initially scheduled to take place on the premises of the Faculty of Law, this meeting has been held in virtual mode.

The 31st meeting of the Group has been held on 17 and 18 September 2021 in virtual mode. The Group continued its work on proposals for European instruments on rights in rem and corporate responsibility for human rights and the environment. It also continued its work …

Alegría Borrás Rodríguez (1943-2020)

La disparition d’Alegría Borrás Rodríguez laisse un vide douloureux et touche le GEDIP de manière marquante. Alegría fut parmi les membres fondateurs de notre association, son intégration au groupe ayant été recommandée par François Rigaux compte tenu de sa réputation, déjà à l’époque, d’internationaliste confirmée. Dès …

Trevor Hartley on Arbitration, the Brussels I Regulation and Brexit

Professor Trevor Hartley has just published an article on “Arbitration and the Brussels I Regulation – Before and After Brexit” in the Journal of Private International Law, 2021, issue 1. The article can be found in open access here: Arbitration and the Brussels I Regulation – …

EU legal initiative on the recognition of parenthood

The EU has launched a legislative initiative on the recognition of parenthood between Member States. The adoption of a Proposal for a Regulation is foreseen for the second quarter of 2022. The inception impact assessment and the feed-back received is available at https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12878-Cross-border-family-situations-recognition-of-parenthood_en . The public …

Publication of the proceedings of a GEDIP conference in Problemy Prawa Prywatnego Miedzynarodowego In September 2019, the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland) hosted the GEDIP/EGPIL annual session, at the invitation of Advocate General Maciej Szpunar. On this occasion, …

Council Amends Commission Proposal on the Law applicable to the Third-Party Effects of Assignments of Claims

On 7 June 2021, the Council of the EU approved its general approach on the proposal for a regulation on the law applicable to the third-party effects of assignments of claims (“the Council General Approach” or “the proposal”). The text adopted by the Council has introduced …

Functional recognition of same-sex parenthood for the benefit of mobile Union citizens – Brief comments on the CJEU’s Pancharevo judgment

Johan MeeusenUniversity of Antwerp, Belgium; www.uantwerpen.be/johan-meeusen Introduction The judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the Pancharevo case (CJEU 14 December 2021, V.M.A./Stolichna obshtina, rayon ‘Pancharevo’, C-490/20, ECLI:EU:C:2021:1008) was eagerly awaited. A few years ago, in Coman (judgment of 5 June …