20In that regard, it is apparent from settled case-law that inheritances, namely the transfer to one or more persons of assets left by a deceased person and falling under heading XI of Annex I to Directive 88/361, entitled ‘Personal capital movements’, constitute movements of capital within the meaning of Article 56 EC, except in cases where their constituent elements are confined within a single Member State (see, inter alia, Case C-364/01 Barbier [2003] ECR I-15013, paragraph 58; van Hilten-van der Heijden, paragraphs 40 to 42; and Case C-31/11 Scheunemann [2012] ECR, paragraph 22).
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