Testamentary dispositions prior to 17 August 2015

This part refers to Article 83(3)[1] of the Regulation.

Article 83(3)[1] of the Regulation also sets out generous transitional provisions concerning the law applicable to dispositions of property upon death, following the same logic as in matters of the choice of law.

In other words, the provisions of the Regulation may be applied to such wills, while the rules of conflict in force on the day the instrument was established in the State where the deceased resided, in the State of which he had the nationality or in the Member State of the authority in charge of settling the succession may also apply