News – GEDIP

Virtual meeting, 2021

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 (F. Garcimartin)

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 (J. Meeusen – ECJ, 14 December 2021, C-490/20)

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 …

A new CJEU judgment on the loss of the nationality of a Member State (S. Bariatti – ECJ, 18 January 2022, C-118/20)

Stefania BariattiUniversity of Milan, Italy Introduction: the precedents. After a few years the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has issued its third judgment on the loss of the nationality of a Member State (CJEU, Grand Chamber, 18 January 2022, JY v Wiener Landesregierung, …

L’autonomie procédurale face au respect dû à l’autonomie du juge (Marc Fallon – CJUE, 7 avril 2022, C-645/20)

Marc FallonUniversité catholique de Louvain, Belgique Introduction L’arrêt rendu le 7 avril 2022 par la 5e chambre de la Cour dans l’affaire VA & ZA (C-645/20, ECLI:EU:C:2022:267), sur les conclusions de l’avocat général M. Campos Sánchez-Bordona, en interprétation du règlement Successions 650/2022, établit une obligation pour le …

At its 32nd meeting, held in Oslo at the invitation of Professor Guiditta Cordero-Moss, GEDIP continued its work on the law applicable to rights in rem, initiating the discussion on the insertion of a chapter on cultural property, in particular the question of the definition of …

The OE/VY case: the CJEU takes a pragmatic approach to the nationality privilege of Article 3(1)(a) Brussels IIa Regulation (Johan Meeusen – comment on ECJ, 10 February 2022, C-522/20)

On 10 February 2022, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) rendered its judgment in case C-522/20, OE/VY (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:62020CJ0522; ECLI:EU:C:2022:87). It ruled that the sixth indent of Article 3(1)(a) of the Brussels IIa Regulation (Regulation 2201/2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments …

Private international law aspects of the Commission’s proposal for a directive on SLAPPs (“Strategic lawsuits against public participation”) (C. Kohler)

Summary I. The Commission’s proposal A. Context and purpose B. Safeguards in court proceedings brought before the courts of the Member States II. Conflict rules in the proposed directive A. Protection against judgments from third countries B. A forum actoris for claims …

Divorce sans juge et notion de décision au sens du règlement Bruxelles II bis (F. Jault-Seseke – ECJ, 15 November 2022, C-646/20)

Qu’est qu’une décision de divorce au sens du règlement Bruxelles II bis ? C’est à cette question qu’a répondu la CJUE dans un arrêt de grande chambre (CJUE 15 nov. 2022, C‑646/20, TB) à la suite d’une question posée par le Bundesgerichtshof (BGH). Un Italo-allemand et une Italienne …

Employeur domicilié dans un Etat tiers et règlement Bruxelles I bis (F. Jault-Seseke – ECJ, 20 October 2022, C-604/20)

En matière de contrat de travail, lorsque l’employeur n’est pas domicilié sur le territoire d’un État membre, il est possible de l’attraire devant la juridiction d’un Etat membre si le travail est habituellement accompli dans le ressort de cette juridiction. A défaut, il reste possible de …

Jürgen Basedow (1949-2023)

Le GEDIP est en deuil. Le choc entraîné par la nouvelle du décès inopiné, le 6 avril dernier, de notre membre Jürgen Basedow sera ressenti de manière incisive par le monde du droit international privé, du droit privé européen et du droit uniforme, domaines qu’il avait …

At its 33rd meeting, held in Milan at the invitation of Professor Stefania Bariatti, GEDIP completed its work on the law applicable to rights in rem by adopting special rules on stolen or illegally exported cultural goods. Continuing its work on a European codification of the …

The applicant’s (habitual) residence as a criterion of divorce jurisdiction under the Brussels IIa Regulation – Brief comment on the CJEU’s BM judgment (J. Meeusen – ECJ, 6 July 2023, C-462/22)

Johan MeeusenUniversity of Antwerp Responding to a preliminary question from the German Bundesgerichtshof, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled in its BM judgment of 6 July 2023 (case C-462/22; eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:62022CJ0462) on the precise interpretation of the sixth indent of Article 3(1)(a) of the Brussels …