## 4.2 Competence of the issuing authority Additional elements

### Additional elements on the basis of which the issuing authority considers itself competent to issue the ECS.

The issuing authority indicates the relevant, factual elements that led it to determine a given competence criterion, for example the elements on the basis of which it determined the habitual residence of the deceased (duration, location of the family, location of the assets, etc.) or the existence of a choice-of-court agreement.

These elements may also be kept in the succession file.