The 29th GEDIP Annual Meeting was held from September 13-15, 2019 in Katowice, at the invitation of Mr. Szpunar, at the premises of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia. The Group has finalized a new approach to European private international divorce law. One of its members, Paul Lagarde, was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Silesia.
Recast of the Regulations on divorce – The European Union and Regulations and Conventions on uniform substantive law — Current developments in Union law: The effect of foreign mandatory rules, remarks on the Nikiforidis judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union; Regulations on matrimonial property regimes and the property effects of registered partnerships; Brexit and private international law; Personal status of migrants – Current work of the Commission – News from the Hague Conference: the Judgments project – Current case law of the European Court of Human Rights – Current national laws: Italian legislation on civil union; German legislation on same-sex marriage and on the fight against child marriages – Examination of the advisability of a European instrument on rights in rem.
European rules on the law applicable to companies – Draft Regulation on divorce – Legal status of persons seeking international protection in a situation of mass influx – Opinion 2/13 of the Court of Justice and private international law – Gazprom: “Antisuit injunction” and arbitration – News from the Hague Conference – Current work of the Commission – Current case law of the European Court of Human Rights.
The role of nationality as a general principle of European private international law – The recognition of foreign legal situations – The status of foreign law under Union law – The law applicable to the enforceability against third parties of an assignment of claims – Current developments in Union law – News from the Hague Conference – Current case law of the European Court of Human Rights.
External competence of the Union – Analysis of Regulation 864/2007 of 11 July “Rome II” – The “Rome III” project on divorce – Impact of the draft Treaty on European Union and on the functioning of the Union – News from secondary legislation – News from international organisations – Current work of the European Union – Current case law of the European Court of Human Rights.