38That rule of jurisdiction is complemented by a conflict-of-laws rule contained in Article 28 of Regulation No 650/2012, which forms part of Chapter III thereof governing the applicable law, and which specifically governs the validity as to form of such declarations. In accordance with that article, those declarations are valid as to form if, according to point (a) thereof, they meet the requirements of the law applicable to the succession (lex successionis) or, according to point (b) thereof, they meet the requirements of the law of the State in which the person making that declaration has his or her habitual residence.
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