# When to issue an ECS?

To determine whether an ECSmay be issued, we need to focus on its purpose. The purpose of the ECS is its use in another Member State bound by the Regulation to invoke a status or exercise a right or a power. Issue is therefore not useful for successions that concern a single Member State bound by the Regulation in which the ordinary internal produces are sufficient (Article 63).

The ECS is a means of evidence of the following in another Member State bound by the Regulation:

- Status as heir or legatee, along with the corresponding quantity of their rights,

- The attribution of specific assets,

- The powers of the person mentioned in the Certificate to execute the will or administer the estate.

The issuing authority must always check the reality of this purpose before issuing the ECS.