Case study - Filling out the ECS

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What is the Member State of the ECS issuing authority?

Reference number

knowing that the form was drafted on 16 November 2016.

(enter the number, inserting “/” between the different part of the number, according to the following format: XXXX/YYYY/XX)

Competence of the issuing authority (Article 64 of Regulation (EU) n° 650/2012)

The issuing authority is located in the Member State whose courts have jurisdiction to settle the successions in accordance with*

	Article 4 of Regulation (EU) n° 650./2012 (General jurisdiction)
	Article 7, point a), of Regulation (EU) n° 650./2012 (Jurisdiction in the event of a choice of law)
	Article 7, point b), of Regulation (EU) n° 650./2012 (Jurisdiction in the event of a choice of law)
	Article 7, point c), of Regulation (EU) n° 650./2012 (Jurisdiction in the event of a choice of law)
	Article 10 of Regulation (EU) n° 650./2012 (Subsidiary jurisdiction)

The law applicable to the succession is that of the following country*

The law applicable was determined on the basis of the following elements:

	The deceased had his habitual residence in that State at the time of his death (Article 21(1) of Regulation (EU) no 650/2012).
	The deceased chose the law of that State of which he was a national (Article 22(1) of Regulation (EU) no 650/2012) (see Point 7.2)
	The deceased was clearly more closely connected with this State than with the State of his habitual residence (Article 21(2) of Regulation (EU) no 650/2012)
	The law of a third State applied pursuant to Article 21(1) of Regulation (EU) no 650/2012 refers to the law of this State (Article 34(1) of Regulation (EU) no 650/2012)
	The applicable law is that of a State with two or more legal systems (Articles 36 and 37 of Regulation (EU) no 650/2012) The following rules of law are applicable