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Proceedings brought by Vincent Pierre Oberle (C-20/17)
Consideration of the question referred
55

Proceedings brought by Vincent Pierre Oberle (C-20/17)

Judgment of 21 Jun 2018law://eu/cjeu/2017/c-20-17/para_55@2026-11-10

55That principle of a single estate also underpins the rule established in Article 4 of Regulation No 650/2012, inasmuch as that article also states that that rule is to determine the jurisdiction of the courts of the Member States to rule ‘on the succession as a whole’.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-20/17 · ECLI:EU:C:2018:485
Decided: 21 Jun 2018
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Kammergericht Berlin (Higher Regional Court, Berlin, Germany)
Rapporteur: C. Toader
Advocate General: M. Szpunar
Bench: 5 judges
M. Ilešič, A. Tizzano, C. Toader, A. Prechal, E. Jarašiūnas
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62017CJ0020

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Judicial cooperation in civil matters

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Interprets 1: Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession
Cited by 11: XK and Others v SM (C-618/24); Proceedings brought by BA (C-57/24); OP v Notariusz Justyna Gawlica (C-21/22); R.J.R. v Registrų centras VĮ (C-354/21); Proceedings brought by T.N. and N.N (C-617/20); V A and Z A v TP (C-645/20); Proceedings brought by UM (C-277/20)2 provisions; RK v CR (C-422/20)2 provisions; Proceedings brought by E. E (C-80/19); WB v Notariusz Przemysława Bac (C-658/17); Proceedings brought by Klaus Manuel Maria Brisch (C-102/18)
Cites 5: Sophia Marie Nicole Sanders v David Verhaegen and Barbara Huber v Manfred Huber (C-400/13, C-408/13); Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession; Proceedings brought by Vincent Pierre Oberle (C-20/17); Proceedings brought by Doris Margret Lisette Mahnkopf (C-558/16); Proceedings brought by Aleksandra Kubicka (C-218/16)