EAPIL blog

From 1 July to 31 December 2026, Ireland will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Beyond its broader political and institutional priorities, the programme of the Irish Presidency also addresses aspects of private international law. Operating under the motto Ní neart go cur le chéile – Strength with unity, the Irish […]

The Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan invites young scholars to present the outcome of their doctoral research on any topic within the field of private international law, transnational law or the law of international arbitration, at a dedicated seminar to be held in Milan (the MECSI Seminar). Each MECSI Seminar will revolve […]

In this post, Jòan Gondolo presents the key findings from his doctoral thesis on the private international law aspects of personal data protection (Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2024). The research examines how private international law can effectively serve the protection of personal data in international contexts, with particular attention to the territorial scope of the GDPR and the tools available […]

As already noted on this blog, the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain), in collaboration with the Institut Català Internacional per la Pau (ICIP) and the Centre d’Estudis de Dret Ambiental de Tarragona (CEDAT), will hold an international conference SLAPP, Activism and Human Rights: Legal and Social Challenges in the Defense of the Environment on […]

This post was contributed by Dr Fabian Schinerl, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Vienna and Co-Coordinator of the EBI Young Researchers Group. He is also affiliated with the EBI Associate Researchers Group, the Centre for Comparative Corporate Finance Law (C3FL), and the Junior Network of the AEDBF. This is the sixth contribution to […]

This post was prepared by Birgit van Houtert (Assistant Professor, Maastricht University), co-chair of the EAPIL Working Group on Anti-SLAPP Directive Transpositions and member for The Netherlands, and Marco Pasqua (Examiner, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan), co-chair of the EAPIL Working Group on Anti-SLAPP Directive Transpositions. Marco Pasqua is the author of paragraphs […]

This post was prepared by Birgit van Houtert (Assistant Professor, Maastricht University), co-chair of the EAPIL Working Group on Anti-SLAPP Directive Transpositions and member for The Netherlands, and Marco Pasqua (Examiner, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan), co-chair of the EAPIL Working Group on Anti-SLAPP Directive Transpositions. Marco Pasqua is the author of paragraphs […]

Recurrently, we learn of people connected with EAPIL who receive e-mails from senders who pretend to be the President of the Association, Gilles Cuniberti. These scammer e-mails come from accounts that look like our President’s e-mail account. The sender typically asks, first, for an urgent reply, and then asks for money… Regrettably, there’s no way […]

By Eva-Maria Kieninger, University of Wuerzburg. Despite its undeniable commercial importance, international property law has not been subject so far to European unification. Superficially, one might attribute this gap to the universal acceptance of the lex situs rule. But underneath this seemingly harmonious surface, many differences in detail appear. Moreover, the lex situs rule in […]

Between 3 and 18 June 2026, the Members of the European Association of Private International Law are invited to cast a vote, on-line, to decide who should sit in the Board of Administration and in the Scientific Council of the Association. An e-mail has been sent on 1 June 2026 by the Secretary General to […]

The second book in the European Association of Private International Law series is out. Edited by Silvia Marino (University of Insubria, Como), Anna Wysocka-Bar (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) and Javier Carrascosa González (University of Murcia), the volume, published by Edward Elgar, builds on the presentations delivered at the 2024 EAPIL Winter School, held in Como in February […]

The CJEU judgment in TQ v Mr Green Limited (C‑198/24) follows an approach that the Court accustomed us to in relation to European uniform procedures requests for a preliminary ruling. In this area, over the years, the Court methodically adopted an autonomous and strict interpretation of the requirements that must be fulfilled for the creditor […]

On 16 June 2026, Stockholm University will host a release seminar for Scandinavian Studies in Law, Volume 72: ThePoliticisation of Private International Law. As previously reported on the blog, Stockholm University hosted a Nordic conference last June on the politicisation of private international law. The conference presentations, together with several additional contributions, have now been […]

This post, which is cross posted on EU Law Live, was contributed by Dr Johannes Ungerer, who is a Senior Research Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, a Deputy Director of the Institute of European and Comparative Law, and an Associate Research Fellow of St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford. The CJEU’s judgment in Crédit […]

On May 19, the CJEU (Grand Chamber, judge F. Biltgen as rapporteur), made public its judgment in case C-350/24, Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank SA, upon referral by the French Cour de Cassation. The importance of the decision for PIL cannot be ignored, thus this post reproducing the main points of the reasoning of […]

This post was contributed by Denise Wiedemann, a Professor for Private Law with Focus on Family and Succession Law at the University of Kiel. This is the fourth contribution to the online symposium on Mr Green Ltd. The circumstances and background of case C-198/24 have already been described by Daryna Shykeriava, Emilia Sandri and Carlos Santaló […]

This post was contributed by Carlos Santalo Goris, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Luxembourg and the author of The Application of the European Account Preservation Order in Germany, Luxembourg and Spain. A Comparative-Empirical Analysis (Nomos, 2025). This is the third contribution to the online symposium on Mr Green Ltd. The main prerequisite to […]

This post was written by Emilia Sandri, who is a doctoral candidate at the University of Antwerp. This is the second contribution to the online symposium on Mr Green LTD. On 21 May 2026, the ECJ delivered its ruling in Mr Green, providing the first authoritative guidance on the conditions for issuing a preservation order […]

This post was contributed by Daryna Shykeriava, who is a PhD researcher at Mykolas Romeris University (Vilnius, Lithuania). It is the first contribution to the online symposium on Mr Green Ltd. On 21 May 2026 the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter – CJEU) rendered the judgment in the case C-198/24 (TQ v […]

On 21 May 2026 the Court of Justice of the European Union rendered its judgment in case C-198/24 TQ v Mr Green Limited on the interpretation of Article 7(1) of the Regulation (EU) No 655/2014 on the conditions for the issuance of European Account Preservation Orders. In the coming days, the EAPIL blog will hold […]