Certain issues concerning the applicability of the European Inheritance Regulation

Abstract

Regulation 650/2012/EU created a system of unity of probate procedures to be conducted in the European Union, promoting the possibility of transferring probate assets arising in different Member States, which are increasingly arising as a result of the free flow of goods and services and the free movement of persons, in a probate procedure. Public documents have the same probative value and similar legal effect in another Member State compared to the original Member State. Based on the regulation, in order to quickly, smoothly and efficiently settle cross-border inheritances in the Union, heirs and interested parties in another Member State can easily prove their legal status, rights and rights. To make this possible, the regulation created a single certificate, the European Certificate of Inheritance.