A new website will be online be the end of 2012 : www.couples-europe.eu

Legal information on 27 Member States in 23 languages

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Project powered by the CNUE/ENN

• JLS 2007-2013 co-financed by EU Commission

• Developed by the European Notarial Network of the CNUE during 2008-2010

• Regular updating by the ENN

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What is the ENN?

• The ENN was created in 2007 to help notaries to handle cross-border cases

• 22 Contact Points/Interlocutors

• ENN Online Tool www.enn-rne.eu

• Context of successions-europe.eu: Greater content offered by the ENN not only to notaries, but also to citizens

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Focus on communication

• How to publicise the project?– Communication strategy

• Websites (www.cnue.eu; www.enn-rne.eu)• Film (also via Youtube)• Leaflets• USB sticks• National websites• Media/Press

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Future Regulation on Successions

• Article 46– Information made available to the public– European Judicial Network in Civil and

Commercial matters (EJN)

– Integration of the content of www.successions-europe.eu in the EJN …

Key Facts

• Initiated by the Austrian presidency of the Council of the Notariats of the European Union

• Project started in May 2011

• Will be finalized by October 2012

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Key Facts

• Database containing information on patrimonial regimes in 27 countries

• National experts deliver reports on their countries‘ patrimonial regimes

• Based on a questionnaire elaborated by the Karl-Franzens-University Graz and the steering committee of CNUE

• Scientific supervision by Prof. Brigitta Lurger (Karl-Franzens-University Graz)

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Background

• Number of couples with a multi-national dimension increases constantly

• Certainty about their legal position is of utmost importance

• Fundamental differences between property regimes preclude harmonization

• Harmonization efforts in the field of jurisdiction, conflict of laws and the recognition and enforcement of decisions (proposals for council regulations by the European Commission)

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Objectives

• Database and regulations complement one another

• Facilitating access to law

• Providing reliable information

• Easily understood by citizens

• Source of information for legal practitioners and citizens

• Available in all the Member States‘ languages

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Objectives

• Facilitating the work of legal practitioners

• Enabling international couples to make a well-founded choice of law

• Valuable contribution to the area of freedom, security and justice

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Thank you very much for your attention!

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